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I wonder how much of this can be attributed to breaking the ATC training/hiring pipelines back in 2014. https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-sca
by QuarterReptile 6mo ago
I wonder how much of this can be attributed to breaking the ATC training/hiring pipelines back in 2014.
https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-...
- hedora 6mo agoI'd guess the randomly firing a bunch of air traffic controllers in 2025 without cause didn't help much either: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-begins-firings-of-faa-air-traffic-control-employees-weeks-after-fatal-dc-plane-crash https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-begins-firings-o...
- jml7c5 6mo agoThis shifted the race of trainees, but it doesn't seem to have changed the more important metric of how many people were actually hired. The author claims it had an effect, but as far as I can tell he's never quantified it. The real issue is just insufficient slots.