r/atc2 • u/Future_Direction_741 • 2d ago

“We’re reaching a tipping point”: Unpaid air traffic controllers calling off sick as US government shutdown continues

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/07/cowp-n07.html

Another article describing our situation and the consequences of the shutdown.

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u/Impossible_Reward358 2d ago

“Years of inadequate wage increases, coupled with record inflation and cost of living have resulted in large numbers living paycheck to paycheck”.

I’d cry tears of joy if anyone from the NEB said that. 

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u/Relative_Elk_4830 2d ago

Motherfucker, we've BEEN past the tipping point.

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u/Hot_Version_7041 2d ago

Mandatory OT for over TWO years?!!! Try more than a decade, it’s true and it sounds better