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Igel

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10. Not all countries have air traffic control as a government job.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 05:35 PM

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https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/27/privatizing-air-traffic-control-should-the-u-s-try/

Canada, for instance.

Then there's ....

Still, there are private air traffic controllers working in the U.S. today. Through its Contract Tower Program, the FAA allows airports with limited air traffic to staff their towers with controllers employed by private companies. Just over half of all federal air traffic control towers are contract towers, mostly because they’re at smaller general aviation airports.

Note that this doesn't mean that half of air traffic is controlled by privately employed air traffic controllers.

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It doesn't actually make any sense that air traffic controllers are going unpaid. [View all] Ol Janx Spirit Saturday OP

If they were private contractors, they get paid leftstreet Saturday #1

Oh, they have a reason... 2naSalit Saturday #2

How they are not considered essential employees is unclear Justice Brandeis Saturday #3

I don't get it either Phentex Saturday #8

They are considered essential. Igel Saturday #9

This message was self-deleted by its author EdmondDantes_ Saturday #11

It's not the fault of lawmakers -- it's the fault of Republicans. W_HAMILTON Saturday #4

Yes, that is true, but Democrats have had control of the government many times during that... Ol Janx Spirit Saturday #5

And Democrats were too busy fixing all the other Republican fuck-ups. W_HAMILTON Saturday #6

Yes! Yes it would! In my political lifetime that has been the pattern every time. Ol Janx Spirit Saturday #7

Since only once in the last 75 years has the same party won three elections in a row, that would be rather unlikely MichMan Saturday #12

Some questions for you, fellow Democratic supporter: W_HAMILTON Saturday #16

Not all countries have air traffic control as a government job. Igel Saturday #10

Government shutdowns have consequences MichMan Saturday #13

There should be consequences, but IMO putting the flying public at risk should not be one of them. Ol Janx Spirit Saturday #15

US Senate rejects bill to restore federal worker pay, remains at odds over shutdown MichMan Saturday #14