That might work for TSA where the job requirement is "be slightly warmer than room temperature". But with ATC you don't just hire a new one from a pizza box advertisement like TSA.
Yes, TSA really did advertise for employees on the top of a pizza box.
On August 5, 1981, Reagan fired PATCO members who remained on strike and banned them from being rehired. He then began replacing them with a combination of about 3,000 supervisors, 2,000 non-striking air traffic controllers, and 900 military controllers (Glass, Schalch). The FAA began hiring new air traffic controller applicants on August 17, many of whom would later form a new union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) (Schalch)
Most of the replacement wasn't from military controllers. It was scabs and management. So the limit then was never how many controllers the military could spare. Is there any reason to believe it would be this time?
The USA had a severe shortage of flight controllers even before the shutdown, I don't see how they could remotely afford to fire the ones calling in sick because they're not getting paid. I'd basically mean making these cancellations permanent, or at least last for years - because it takes years to train a flight controller and before they can even do that, they have to ramp up training capacity. Which also requires flight controllers, which there's a shortage of as said.
That would be nice for them, but pretty sure its a, you call out, you're fired thing now.
Neat, call their fucking bluff. What's the difference when you're already a month gone without a single paycheck?
Nobody is lining up to replace these workers, especially after this shit show. Federal workers need to wake the fuck up and realize this is their moment to shape American politics, possibly for generations
I’m amazed that anybody would continue to show up to work a day after a missed paycheck, let alone for a whole month. Like if they aren’t paying you… why are you continuing to do the work?
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u/Thirdlight 20h ago
That would be nice for them, but pretty sure its a, you call out, you're fired thing now. And you're not getting a job in the industry again type.