Well, as a counter example, a similar thing happened in France in 1973. ATC went on strike, and they were replaced by military controllers. This was a direct c

Well, as a counter example, a similar thing happened in France in 1973. ATC went on strike, and they were replaced by military controllers. This was a direct cause of a mid-air collision[1], which resulted in the government folding, and the start of French ATC terrorising European skies. To this day, ATC unions are really strong, and their compensation/working conditions are crazy good compared to their European neighbours. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Nantes_mid-air_collision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Nantes_mid-air_collisio...