Everyone knows under Obama the criteria changed, and COVID then decimated the ATC numbers, which given the candidates didn't cut the mustard.
Why ignore thousands of qualified applicants?
#91 | Posted by oneironaut
That's a lie.
Even the lawsuit doesn't say that.
The lawsuit admits the hired people were competent and passed all tests. They just demand it be based entirely on the test and be blind to racial background. That's literally it. They don't claim the shortage is because of it. The lawsuits doesn't even claim more people would be hired.
FACTS:
The FAA has a bottleneck for training. They can't hire more because they can't put them through training. Training takes 18-24 months.
COVID and GOP government shutdowns also caused an issue because training had to be stopped. In a program that takes 2-3 years of training before applying and 18-24 months of onboarding training, that's an huge issue.
Better yet, Republicans block FAA funding increases. So there aren't resources to hire everyone they want. It is cheaper for the FAA to not hire and just give overtime to existing air traffic controllers.
Finally Reagan cut pay huge, put in a retirement age cap, and put in medical leave requirements. So a lot of air traffic controllers have left because they aged out, moved to better paying jobs, or can't transfer to cities they want to be in. The hiring can't make up for it when a lot of people leave at once.
We have NEVER recovered from Reagan firing all the air traffic controllers on strike.
We hired more air traffic controllers in 2024 than any year in the past decade. INCLUDING under Trump.
You are a liar and a racist. Society would be better off if you never left your hole in the ground.
#70 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-02-13 01:40 PM | Reply | Flag:
All of that happened during Biden's presidency before any tariffs were levied. Trump said he would use tariffs to even the trade playing field. If retailers raised their prices on goods because he said that LAST YEAR, they must've had a crystal ball telling them Trump would win.
Personally, I haven't experienced a significant price increase, above what we've experienced over the last few years anyway.
Pace yourself, grasshopper. It's going to be a long 4 years, and 2028 isn't looking very good based on the DNC marketing strategy.
#71 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Walmart literally said this is in ANTICIPATION of tariffs. They also looked into surge pricing.
They were already moving logistic and supply lines to be ready.
Most large companies were.
You haven't experienced a huge price hike more than the last few years because Biden tamed the inflation brought on by supply chain disruption post COVID and Greedflation from corporate America. So that little bump in December was closer to what we had see during the worst times...except it was caused entirely by the government getting involved via the threat of tariffs.