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I saw that. But it's laced with political overtones. The question is not just # of controllers, it's the quality of controllers. Have they lowered the standard
by skellington 2y ago
I saw that. But it's laced with political overtones. The question is not just # of controllers, it's the quality of controllers.
Have they lowered the standards to get through ATC school? What is the truth?
Just asking so I have ammunition against right-wing arguments.
- nxobject 2y agoI assume you want ammunition against your own arguments. But I'm confused about what you're asking: you were talking in your original comment about the _admissions_ process to ATC academy, and now you're talking about the process to _graduate_ from ATC academy. So let me see if I'm clear about what you're asking: despite the fact that aptitude requirements to get into ATC academy did not change, are you asking about whether the standards to _leave_ ATC academy were lowered? What would an answer to that question prove?
- zug_zug 2y agoNo, they haven’t lowered the standard to graduate.
- skellington 2y agoHow do you know? Do you work for FAA? We wouldn't have to guess and allow for right-wing conjectures if FAA were just transparent on the process and if any changes have been made.
- zug_zug 2y ago> We wouldn't have to guess and allow for right-wing conjectures if FAA were just transparent on the process and if any changes have been made. There's no world where you out-research every conspiracy theory, especially all the right-wing ones during an Trump/RFK/Musk era. But for what it's worth the family member who failed was a minority, even though my father was an ATC, so all else being equal you'd expect them to have a relatively good set of chances (just due to genes, if that's a thing).