Re: OT: Trump

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 19:46:01 +0000, Michael Trew wrote:

On 1/31/2025 12:17 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:50:41 +0000, Ed P wrote:

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Trump though, sent them all an email telling them they can resign.
Maybe they all should and see what happens.

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It's a high stress job that doesn't pay enough. OTOH, it seems like a
task better suited for high speed digital electronic computers. My guess
is that Trump might play high stakes poker with the controllers. Reagan
did that during his term. It took America a decade to fully recover from
that. Well, that's what I read anyway.

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Many of the air traffic controllers with whom I work are still bitter at
Reagan, even though they weren't old enough to be employed as an air
traffic controller in the 80's.
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The vast majority of the guys make over 6 figures, and with the lower
cost of living in my area, I'd say that they are paid very well for the
job that they do.  It's amazing the stuff that well off people just
throw away...  So much waste.

My wife's friend's husband quit his air traffic controller's job during
the strike to avoid the whole mess. After the smoke cleared, he got his
job back. Things turned out super sweet for him.