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Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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202 points akersten | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 01:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.013s | source
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dpe82 ◴[31 Oct 25 03:14 UTC] No.45767969[source]▶
ATC is severely understaffed nationwide and it's particularly bad in the New York area even without a government shutdown. It's a difficult, stressful job and was already even harder because mandatory overtime has been the norm for quite a while. So it's not surprising that when you stop paying people... some of them will start finding reasons they can't make it to work.

This has been a known problem for a very long time and Congress has continuously refused to do anything about it.

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1. mlrtime ◴[31 Oct 25 11:06 UTC] No.45770693[source]▶
Not paying is just 1 of the reasons. There are many stressful important jobs in America. ATC is in a unique position of getting squeezed at all ends.

There are 1000's of qualified people wanting to apply but the government bureaucracy halts it.

What is the median time from application to FTH for a ATC?

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2. esalman ◴[01 Nov 25 03:54 UTC] No.45779134[source]▶
I was listening in on a Twitch stream today, and the streamer mentioned he wanted to become an ATC, but was told he needs to have military experience to become one.