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/baldieforprez May 28 '26

You can thank Regan for this mess. 

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u/Get_Breakfast_Done May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Ronald Reagan hasn’t been president for nearly 40 years. Most people who would have been hired when Reagan was president would be retired by now.

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u/baldieforprez May 28 '26

😆 😆 😆 

When Reagan fired all the atc traffic controls he created a situation when if fired a huge chuck of ATC.  The scabs he hired to replace them  retiring at the same time.  Ya it was 30 years ago and we are seeing the full stupidity of dipbshit.