Air traffic controller Jack Criss is now clearing takeoffs and takeout orders. The single dad took on a side gig as a DoorDash delivery driver during the second-longest government shutdown in modern history in order to make some extra cash and cover his daughter’s high school tuition.
For the past few weeks, air traffic controllers have been receiving partial pay – but next week, they’re expected to miss their first full paychecks as the funding lapse continues.
“It’s been incredibly difficult. You can feel the tension, and it’s heavy…and it hurts,” Criss said in an interview that aired on “CBS Saturday Mornings.”
As the government shutdown rolls into Day 25, Congress remains unable to strike a deal. The Senate failed to advance measuresThursday that would pay federal employees like Criss.
They’ve done that. Reagan fired all of them, which was kinda insane.
That doesn’t stop them from doing it again. Striking always carries the risk of being fired
being furloughed is essentially bein unemployed right now anyways, no harm in quitting or taking LOA.
This is a cringe and tone deaf response
How?
Strike. Get fired. Replaced
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That’s why you organise.
They’re not gonna be able to fire all of you, and won’t be able to replace you if you get sympathy strikes from the military atc, and/or pilots, and/or mechanics, etc.
Maybe it could work then, but at the moment it would be juvenile to do so
Replaced by who? How fast?
The original comment that was being replied to was noting how that was done in the Reagan era—all were fired and replaced with military ones till replacements were gotten.
Ya but Reagan’s white house was at least competent. This white house can’t even do construct without fucking up. The number of people that will end up dead because this administration will rush people into a very serious job.
and we never recovered to pre-reagan ATC levels too. i think we still have remenents of the atc from reagan still working right now,.
Eh, the world is a lot more dependent on air travel than we were in the 80s. I don’t think Trump will be able to do the same
theres also less atc willing to apply than before, plus its competitive too, so even less than that makes it through the application stage. they also have medical condition restrictions too, so not everyone that can be an ATC will be able to, which distills it further down.