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popsdenver

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2. Last time the ATC tried this

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:48 PM

3 hrs ago

was when Reagan fired all striking ATControllers.........Trashing their Union, (and trashing ALL unions across the entire U.S.

My airline pilot friends were horrified to fly...................with the massive shortage of ATControllers.............

BTW: It takes three years to train an Air Traffic Controllers, and they have to have a pretty high IQ to pass the training exam to get in......

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Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned, flights delayed amid government shutdown [View all] Zorro 4 hrs ago OP

What could go wrong? Historic NY 4 hrs ago #1

Last time the ATC tried this popsdenver 3 hrs ago #2

Yet work continues on the golden ballroom. Klarkashton 2 hrs ago #3

Screw the Burbank airspace.... rubbersole 1 hr ago #4

I keep repeating myself, with Jungle Jim Duffy in charge Hassler 1 hr ago #5

.....affecting flights at numerous airports including Newark, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Burbank riversedge 24 min ago #6