LAX's air traffic controllers are exhausted; overtime's up 2,000% in last decade - Los Angeles Times
https://apple.news/AQg56ck2DT22tPehpoCtWnw
Thought this was interesting and relevant.
Dean33
News article about LAX ATC controllers.
News article about LAX ATC controllers.
Dean33
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UK P3DV4 Simmer
Pilotedge - I11, CAT11, A-Z (ZLA), A-Z (WUS)
Gigabyte P57v7 CF2 17.3" laptop. Kaby Lake i7 7700HQ CPU (average 3.4mhz). GTX 1070 8mb, 16 GB of DDR4-2400 RAM, SSD Samsung 970 Evo 500GB M.2 NVMe, 1TB HDD 7200.
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Re: News article about LAX ATC controllers.
ZNY and N90 are very similar. The need for controllers is definitely felt at many of the higher level facilities.
Re: News article about LAX ATC controllers.
Yet people are being hired off the street and placed into these high level facilities... Then failing
*sigh*
There is no logic in my employer sometimes...
*sigh*
There is no logic in my employer sometimes...
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Re: News article about LAX ATC controllers.
Don't get me started.Ryan B wrote:Yet people are being hired off the street and placed into these high level facilities... Then failing
*sigh*
There is no logic in my employer sometimes...

Re: News article about LAX ATC controllers.
Yup... Tech Ops is going through similar issues.Ryan B wrote:Yet people are being hired off the street and placed into these high level facilities... Then failing
*sigh*
There is no logic in my employer sometimes...
We're having a huge problem even filling the vacancies posted on USAJobs. And some of those that we do fill just don't stick around (for various reasons).
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