Air Traffic Controllers Face a “Carbon Copy” Of 1980 Conditions - 10/08/07
7th October 2007
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A perfect storm of outdated equipment, short staffing and a hostile management is engulfing air traffic controllers who are struggling to maintain air travel safety and efficiency. It’s beginning to look like 1980 all over again, when the old PATCO union went on strike and was smashed by former President Ronald Reagan.
[Church]: “It’s a carbon copy. They’ve decided t put their foot down on this union. They’ve done that to the point of driving away their best, their most loyal, their most dedicated, their most highly skilled controllers in this country.”