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OldBaldy1701E

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5. Yeah.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 07:30 AM

Jul 17

Anyone who decides to take them up on this offer gets what they deserve.

I don't see anyone buying into anything they can say that would remove the fear of being treated like they are treating 'foreigners'.

But, thanks to the inroads we have made in forcing the world to be as capitalistic as we are, money talks and it may talk loud enough to drown out the reality of the situation.

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Security experts are 'losing their minds' over Trump's latest plan to solve FAA staffing crisis [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 17 OP

Ummm, yeah ... I kinda wonder if anyone has actually clued Trump himself in on these particular plans AZJonnie Jul 17 #1

Lol NJCher Jul 17 #2

Another brilliant idea from the Let's Destroy America Committee democrank Jul 17 #3

Trump's violent immigrants taking American jobs....... Oops! Got caught up in republican 'patriotism'. Norrrm Jul 17 #4

Yeah. OldBaldy1701E Jul 17 #5

Isn't the testing and training to become an air traffic controller extremely exacting. Are the foreign hires going to ratchiweenie Jul 17 #6

Depends on just how desperate the FAA is Bayard Jul 17 #7

I try not to make sense out of nonsense. mdbl Jul 17 #8

AFAIK America was once the gold standard for air traffic control training. Trump is fool's gold. Hekate Jul 17 #9

Worth recalling is that one of the causes for the current shortage is that a large age-cohort of controllers is retiring Doctoris Extincti Jul 17 #10

Bingo - those post-Reagan AT controllers are ready to retire, or they've already quit FakeNoose Jul 17 #11

"one of the causes for the current shortage is that a large age-cohort of controllers is retiring" - *NO* BumRushDaShow Jul 17 #12

And Don't Forget ConstanceCee Jul 17 #13