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Air traffic controllers have basically been in shortage for the better part of two decades. The current situation is also because a large clump of controllers
by bobthepanda 2y ago
Air traffic controllers have basically been in shortage for the better part of two decades.
The current situation is also because a large clump of controllers were hired after the Reagan administration broke the ATC strike in 1981, and that giant clump of people is now reaching retirement age at the same time.
- trashface 2y agoThat group has already retired. The retirement age for ATC is 56, so a 55 year old still working today would have been 11 in 1981. Certainly they were not hired at that time.
- bobthepanda 2y agoLike I said, the problem has been ongoing for the better part of two decades, and they never quite finished backfilling all of those.