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It’s not a money thing. It’s a shortage of people who are mentally able to do the job mixed with terrible hours and early forced retirements. ATC school has a f
by selectodude 7mo ago
It’s not a money thing. It’s a shortage of people who are mentally able to do the job mixed with terrible hours and early forced retirements. ATC school has a failure rate of over 50 percent.
- wk_end 7mo agoIt's partially a money thing. ATC is under-compensated. They'd get more - and more talented - people interested if the money made up for the stress, hours, and early forced retirement.
- ryandrake 7mo agoOr increased their hiring funnel. Air traffic controller applicants must be under 31 years old for initial hire, which rules out a lot of potential hires.
- arrowsmith 7mo agoWhy not both? If it paid better then more people would apply to ATC school.
- selectodude 7mo agoATC positions already have a very low chance of even getting a spot in ATC school. There are tons of applicants for every opening.