r/technology • u/marketrent • Feb 01 '25

Transportation Trump admin emails air traffic controllers to quit their jobs en masse, after fatal midair collision

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/
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u/Zestyclose-Cricket82 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

They are already short staffed

Honestly they Air traffic controllers union should hold a general strike and paralyse the country in response

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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 Feb 01 '25

Every agency is short staffed. They all run on shoestrings. It’s why you can’t talk to someone at the IRS. It’s why FEMA approvals take forever. Now planes are crashing.

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u/NEIGHBORHOOD_DAD_ORG Feb 01 '25

When I helped someone submit for a green card - the processing time was 1 year. And it's not like it was an ongoing process, it's submit your paperwork... And wait literally 1 year (in that case). No problems with the application, that's apparently just how long it takes for someone to get a chance to review it.

I don't think I'm incorrect to say that is ridiculous and unacceptable. I've built houses in less time.