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In reply to the discussion: Air Traffic Controllers Start Resigning as Shutdown Bites [View all]gfarber
(191 posts)48. air traffic controllers
A President typed in a fury,
Declaring his loyalist jury.
Controllers, he warned,
If absent or scorned,
Would be replaced in a Patriot hurry.
He promised ten grand on the spot,
To Patriots whod never forgot
That shutdowns are fake,
A hoax they should shake
If theyd work without pay (quite a lot!).
At airports from Boston to Phoenix,
Fatigue spread like budgetary Kleenex.
Short-staffed and unpaid,
The system decayed
Yet tweets kept supplying the remix.
Said Duffy: Theyre hungry, you see
Theyre feeding their kids, not the T-R-A-C.
But logic and need
Could not supersede
A Truth Social tirade at three.
Said Daniels, Were flying the planes,
While juggling mortgages, bills, and refrains.
Were not just some pawn
To tweet anger upon
Were humans with stress in our veins.
So while Donald typed, fiery and grand,
About patriots saving the land,
The towers stood tall,
Though weary of all
Still guiding each flight to its stand.
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I have family members who will be flying from Oregon to JFK over the Xmas holidays. I worry for their safety.
QueerDuck
Nov 8
#1
Maybe a penny tax on each ticket for a company like the USPS that pays and trains the controllers.
LiberalArkie
Nov 8
#5
"Maybe it would work like the Medicare Advantage scam.. Government still pays but it's private companies that profit"
BumRushDaShow
Nov 8
#12
There are already private air traffic control towers at smaller airports - have been for years,
Ocelot II
Nov 8
#15
Reagan fired them, Trump is making them quit. Just another lame sequel. Reagan was a better actor. nt
thesquanderer
Nov 8
#14