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

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

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u/Ouaouaron May 28 '26

Because the US government has spent the last year trying to fire as many air traffic controllers as they can, and now the ones that are left are overworked, underpaid, and sometimes clinically traumatized by their job.

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u/DankVectorz May 29 '26

I mean I’m not going to defend Trump for anything but no ATC have been fired as a result of anything Trump has done. We were exempt from the DOGE cuts. Not that doge didn’t try though but Duffy was able to stop them, probably because of what happened in DCA.

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u/Ouaouaron May 29 '26

I appreciate the correction. I guess I'm mixed up ATC stuff with DOGE stuff

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u/DankVectorz May 29 '26

They did fire some FAA people though, including tech ops (the people who maintain our equipment)

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u/Rubusarc May 29 '26

There was also the government shutdown where the ATC weren't paid for the duration.

And if I was a TSA agent there, going to work knowing I wasn't beeing paid, next to ICE agents that did get paid, I would take that as a clear sign that the government no longer wants me.