The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper

Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by hiatus on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:32PM (#42901369)

Why isn't air traffic control run by the military in the US like it is in other countries?

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Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by wombatpm on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:39PM (#42901427)

In the 1980’s Reagan fired all members of PATCO, the air traffic controller union and replaced them with military personnel until a new cohort could be trained.

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Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by p_l on Saturday February 01, 2025 @03:29PM (#42901934)

And the military traffic controllers were not ready for civilian traffic

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Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by wombatpm on Sunday February 02, 2025 @01:20PM (#42910505)

I remember It was mess. I believe some PATCO members were allowed to reapply for jobs, but most were banned.

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Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by viraptor on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:46PM (#42901502)

Is that actually common? I did a spot check of few big ones and couldn't find an example.

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Re:The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Much Deeper by hiatus on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:59PM (#42936964)

I'm not sure it is common. I was thinking about Brazil when I made this comment but further review makes me believe it is not all that common worldwide.

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