Mastodawn

This poor person has to live with this for the rest of their life, an issue that likely wouldn’t have occurred if we treated air traffic control jobs as the high risk jobs they are. We have got to stop short staffing high risk roles like this.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2129924/laguardia-lone-air-traffic-controller-ground-air-space/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-Jalopnik&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774280822

'I Messed Up' LaGuardia Air Traffic Controller Was Juggling Sky And Ground Traffic By Himself Right Before Deadly Crash With Firetruck

I cannot imagine trying to deal with all of this, I'll tell you what.

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Come On Giant Asteroid!Mar 23

@Ashedryden

The fash have been shitting on air traffic controllers for at least 45 years.

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/

The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week

President Ronald Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers on strike in 1981 was the first huge offensive in corporate America’s war on everyone else.

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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

@VE2UWY @Ashedryden

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"The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week

Reagan's firing of striking air traffic controllers was the first huge offensive in corporate America's war on everyone else."

By Jon Schwarz
August 6 2021, 11:37 a.m.

"Forty years ago, on August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers and barred them from ever working again for the federal government. ..."

https://archive.ph/c8zb2