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JZ Murdock<p>As this blog was so popular, resharing it...<br>"Why Are We So Abusive to Air Traffic Controllers?"<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Murdockinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdockinations</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/reprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reprise</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/airtrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airtrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ATC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/airsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airsafety</span></a><br><a href="https://jzmurdock.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-are-we-so-abusive-to-air-traffic.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jzmurdock.blogspot.com/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/why-are-we-so-abusive-to-air-traffic.html</span></a></p>
Dennis A<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br>"In the US, air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at the age of 56, and the FAA won’t hire anyone older than age 31, because they want candidates to have at least a 25-year career path."</p><p>Elon Musk to retired air traffic controllers: Please come back to work</p><p>"Musk wants retired air traffic controllers to return to their jobs amid a shortage of qualified professionals."<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-retired-air-traffic-controllers-return-to-work/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-ret</span><span class="invisible">ired-air-traffic-controllers-return-to-work/</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>Notice that these sentences are nowhere to be found in Musk's post:</p><p>'Me and DOGE have totally f*cked up the FAA.'</p><p>'US skies are not safe right now.'</p><p>'If you come back, I promise you won't get fired on short (or no) reason without cause.' </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheNerveOfHim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNerveOfHim</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.</p><p>I'll be heading up the Bellevue protest and we've got an amazing crew holding down all these locations. Come join us! <a href="https://toad.social/tags/teslatakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teslatakedown</span></a><br>-E Sutton</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@nitpicking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nitpicking</span></a></span> Yes, but my concern is the *asymmetry* in which <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult members have been trained to see the world. If the near miss had been due to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> failure (apparently it wasn’t), the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> would’ve been doxxed within an hour. But because the fault lies with a private company, it’s “Crisis averted, let’s get back to axing government <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> and cutting <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> for our dear ruling <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchs</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
((Jann Gobble)) 🏳️‍🌈<p>I've had 6 ride share customers in 2 days tell me - as I've dropped them off at the airport - that they are renting a car and driving back home instead of flying cos they're too scared... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airtrafficcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airtrafficcontrollers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airtraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airtraffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>ps: 4 of the 6 are from solid red states.</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Airtrafficcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Airtrafficcontrollers</span></a> + all federal employees were emailed by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration urging them to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/quit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quit</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/resign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resign</span></a> their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> and take mass <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/buyouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buyouts</span></a> just 24 hours after the D.C. plane crash. They were among hundreds of thousands of federal workers sent the email at 8.30 p.m. Thursday to push the extraordinary offer by Trump’s aides to get civil servants to quit en masse. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-</span><span class="invisible">emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>A Trump-Musk COUP is under way. They’re endangering people in America, and around the world, in multiple, nefarious ways. </p><p>Trump emailed Air Traffic Controllers just 24 HOURS AFTER THE DC MIDAIR COLLISION urging them to quit their jobs and take mass “buyouts.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AirSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirSafety</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-</span><span class="invisible">emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p><p>People with intellectual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a> do lots of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> – but they don’t direct air traffic </p><p>No, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> did not recruit people w/intellectual disabilities to work as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a>.</p><p>Despite what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said Thurs – "They can be air traffic controllers" – that's NOT how disability hiring works, says Chai Feldblum, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> lawyer &amp; fmr commissioner of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EEOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EEOC</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5280368/intellectual-disabilities-air-traffic-controllers-faa-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-52803</span><span class="invisible">68/intellectual-disabilities-air-traffic-controllers-faa-trump</span></a></p>
Doug Baker - Elbows Up!<p>Maybe <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> just hate <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/airtrafficcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airtrafficcontrollers</span></a>? Recall that when they wanted a raise <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> fired THEM ALL and replaced them with military ATCs. It was raises then, now it's <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvmdm1m7m9o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cpvmdm1m</span><span class="invisible">7m9o</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>We Talked To Air Traffic Controllers. What We Heard Will Shock You.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyN67qAqfww&amp;ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=GyN67qAqfw</span><span class="invisible">w&amp;ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion</span></a></p><p>In the last year, there were over 500 near-misses by major commercial airlines</p><p>We talked to air traffic controllers and found out the reason is simple: controllers are working 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week, with mandatory overtime.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/AirTrafficControllers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControllers</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Overworked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overworked</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Danger</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/NearMisses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NearMisses</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commercial</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Airlines</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ForcedLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedLabor</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Unsafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unsafe</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aviation</span></a></p>
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