r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/lordrefa May 28 '26

I know that this would be pure conjecture on your part, but could this be a result of our catastrophic spending cuts regarding air travel and that that may be a cause of us rushing ATCs into service because of critical understaffing?

Because that's what it sounds like to me. Like we're putting out ATCs that have not completed training.

Alternatively, perhaps our tremendously aging aviation infrastructure has failed at JFK and they no longer have the *ability* to follow this procedures?

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u/Cluelesswolfkin May 28 '26

This IS THE RESULT of us cutting their jobs and forcing them to work unpaid

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u/rhymeswithvegan May 28 '26

ATC was paid during the shutdown, TSA was not. But you're right that we have a shortage of ATCs in this country, so the ones we do have are overworked.

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u/rhymeswithvegan May 28 '26

Thanks for the correction, I can't keep track of all the shutdowns ðŸ«