Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers
by nradov on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:28PM
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The vast majority of aviation mishaps are entirely due to pilot error or mechanical failure. It would be stupid to count those when evaluating controllers. But the FAA does already have a rigorous process to deal with controllers who make safety errors.
Technical jobs should not be promotion driven at all. It should be a combination of seniority, and technical expertise/experience. Their metric should be something like number of accidents under their tenure, vs accident free hours under operation.
A supervising position might not see problems as fast as someone actually doing said job, which wastes the experience acquired by said supervisor!