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		wombatpm on Feb 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The FAA's Real Air Traffic Control Crisis Runs Muc... In the 1980’s Reagan fired all members of PATCO, the air traffic controller union and replaced them with military personnel until a new cohort could be trained.

p_l on Feb 1, 2025 [–]

And the military traffic controllers were not ready for civilian traffic

wombatpm on Feb 2, 2025 | [–]

I remember It was mess. I believe some PATCO members were allowed to reapply for jobs, but most were banned.

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