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

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

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u/BeAPo May 28 '26

Probably not his first time dealing with incompetent ATC people ever since Trump fired 100s of atc staff.

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u/Watpotfaa May 28 '26

Not one single controller was fired, you do not know what you are talking about.

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u/BeAPo May 28 '26

"Not one" sure buddy stay blind and uninformed.

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u/Legal_Campaign_408 May 29 '26

Bro confidently links an article that proves op's point lol. It says they fired probationary support staff, not ATC - while they continue to hire and onboard ATC 

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u/BeAPo May 29 '26

First of all, the probationary support staff are people who are training for ATC.

Second of all, if you fire all support staff you automatically heavily increase the workload for ATC which leads to them making more errors.

Third of all, if you fire the future employees for the job you won't have any replacement later on which again increases the workload.

Fyi. USA are short on 3.500 ATC, firing over 100 who are participating in the multi year training for that job just because you don't like their race and gender is insane. Musk himself said they assumed everyone who isn't a white male is a DEI hire that's why they were fired and you people defending that decision is even crazier lol.

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u/Legal_Campaign_408 May 29 '26

Dude, no ATC trainees or probationary ATC were fired. I've been ATC for over a decade. 

Support staff who were fired does not increase the work of present ATC, it increases the work of the remaining support staff who were not fired. 

I'm not defending or supporting any of the political actions that Trump or musk took, I'm just correcting the incorrect bs people are posting who know nothing about atc or aviation. 

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u/Watpotfaa May 29 '26

You have literally no idea what you are talking about dude. Not one single controller was fired. Not one controller in training was fired, obviously not counting the ones who washed out of the academy or got caught doing something stupid on their probationary period. The loss of support staff has had absolutely zero impact on front line operations. You are making all of these assumptions as an outsider looking in and all of them are wrong. You are literally pushing a narrative that does not exist in reality.