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On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 19:46:01 +0000, Michael Trew wrote:

> On 1/31/2025 12:17 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:50:41 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>>>
>>> Trump though, sent them all an email telling them they can resign.
>>> Maybe they all should and see what happens.
>>
>> It's a high stress job that doesn't pay enough. OTOH, it seems like a
>> task better suited for high speed digital electronic computers. My guess
>> is that Trump might play high stakes poker with the controllers. Reagan
>> did that during his term. It took America a decade to fully recover from
>> that. Well, that's what I read anyway.
>
> Many of the air traffic controllers with whom I work are still bitter at
> Reagan, even though they weren't old enough to be employed as an air
> traffic controller in the 80's.
>
> The vast majority of the guys make over 6 figures, and with the lower
> cost of living in my area, I'd say that they are paid very well for the
> job that they do.  It's amazing the stuff that well off people just
> throw away...  So much waste.

My wife's friend's husband quit his air traffic controller's job during
the strike to avoid the whole mess. After the smoke cleared, he got his
job back. Things turned out super sweet for him.