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The salary varies from 60k to a middle-of-nowhere tower to $150k in New York or California which is not enough to live on comfortably. Of course we are going t

The salary varies from 60k to a middle-of-nowhere tower to $150k in New York or California which is not enough to live on comfortably. Of course we are going to burn out and make mistakes when we have to drive an hour plus to and from the city six days a week because we can't afford to live any closer and staffing isn't better because people quit because of the pay. It's not a supply problem with staffing, it's a pay problem. Over 50,000 people apply every year, but people are quiting because quality of life sucks, and the biggest thing the FAA can do to change it, is to increase pay, and they aren't doing that.

imoverclocked 3y ago
Given your username, I have to ask. Do you ever meow on guard? On a serious note, what are your views on privatization of ATC? The one airport in my region that I know is privatized has a horrible reputation among pilots and DPEs alike.
- meowster 3y ago
  That would be an unauthorized transmission and I would never do that :-) No comment on the other question, sorry.
- kayfox 3y ago
  > The one airport in my region that I know is privatized has a horrible reputation among pilots and DPEs alike. KSQL?
  - imoverclocked 3y ago
    Affirmative. https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/15r15e2/the_absolute_state_of_tower_ops_at_ksql/ https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/15r15e2/the_absolut...
shellfishgene 3y ago
Is there no union?
- selectodude 3y ago
  There is but the last time they went on strike it didn’t go well.
- mapt 3y ago
  The last time the union asked for bathroom breaks Ronald Reagan shut down the nation's airspace for weeks and partially militarized that function in order to fire nearly all of the workforce. It is regarded as a historic, symbolic landmark act, shorthand for a turning point wherein the US collectively rejected unions.
  - srackey 3y ago
    Pretending they were just asking for bathroom breaks is total BS.

imoverclocked 3y ago

Given your username, I have to ask. Do you ever meow on guard? On a serious note, what are your views on privatization of ATC? The one airport in my region that I know is privatized has a horrible reputation among pilots and DPEs alike.

meowster 3y ago
That would be an unauthorized transmission and I would never do that :-) No comment on the other question, sorry.
kayfox 3y ago
> The one airport in my region that I know is privatized has a horrible reputation among pilots and DPEs alike. KSQL?
- imoverclocked 3y ago
  Affirmative. https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/15r15e2/the_absolute_state_of_tower_ops_at_ksql/ https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/15r15e2/the_absolut...

shellfishgene 3y ago

Is there no union?

selectodude 3y ago
There is but the last time they went on strike it didn’t go well.
mapt 3y ago
The last time the union asked for bathroom breaks Ronald Reagan shut down the nation's airspace for weeks and partially militarized that function in order to fire nearly all of the workforce. It is regarded as a historic, symbolic landmark act, shorthand for a turning point wherein the US collectively rejected unions.
- srackey 3y ago
  Pretending they were just asking for bathroom breaks is total BS.