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It took the FAA ten years to recover from this and regain previous staffing levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organizat
by TomK32 5y ago
It took the FAA ten years to recover from this and regain previous staffing levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)#August_1981_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Contr...
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoDidn’t know that. Another interesting point is that all of the fired air traffic controllers were banned for life from working that job again. That helps explain why it took 10 years to recover: all the new employees were probably newly trained.
- hbosch 5y agoAnd, I believe, FAA training is famously hard and unforgiving. I've heard if you fail one of the tests, you are out forever and cannot reapply (for air traffic controllers).