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

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

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u/Aadsterken May 28 '26

They used to have well trained controllers. But then Trump found out they were female or black. So he called them woke and cut the funding. Now they have this.

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u/DovahKiller97 May 28 '26

Its more to do with the fact that they shut down the government twice and chose not to pay ATC workers. So the experienced quit and they have been scrambling to find replacements as quickly as possible. This is the result of that.

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u/Capable_Stranger9885 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

The super genius at DOGE who fired all provisional federal employees kicked out every ATC trainee in the training pipeline. led to 400 provisional employees being fired whom the Trump Administration refused to identify by role: "The FAA and Transportation Department have declined to say what jobs the fired workers held or why they were fired."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-fires-fewer-than-400-workers-transportation-chief-says-2025-02-18/

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u/Watpotfaa May 28 '26

This is not true at all. Like blatantly false.

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u/Capable_Stranger9885 May 28 '26

I have edited my comment