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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf air traffic control is privatized, will the controllers make more than $12/hr?
If, indeed, that much? And will they have any benefits?
Reason I ask is if that were to happen, I don't know if I'd be willing to fly or not.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Airport is 5 miles away....I believe I will be in danger if this unbroken job change occurs.
KT2000
(20,584 posts)will make big bucks at the expense of the actual controllers.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Don't worry about just flying, hope that nothing falls on your house while you sleep.
RobinA
(9,894 posts)I never even thought of that. I was imagining minimum wage employees with two hours of training being told they have to pull a double...
onethatcares
(16,173 posts)Hell, here in sunny, gunny Floriduh, our Highway Patrol members start at 30K a year and they carry guns and bigger guns. It's not like the guys sitting in the tower pulling a double shift and drinking coffee is going to miss anything in the friendly skies.
Benefits are so over rated, ya know!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)life and death power of you starts out at at least three times that, please.
onethatcares
(16,173 posts)and they wonder why they can't keep troopers.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)The more of us there are, the more votes the Democrats get.
Now rich people travel by air a lot so after a few private jets crash from $7 an hour air traffic controllers doing the job as well as you can expect someone making that much to do, pressure will be applied.
Anything that touches rich people will be restored once the rich start to suffer.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Fortunately, the cost of living in India is reasonable
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)"Rural communities, agriculture and small businesses stand to lose the most under a privatized system, where there would be no Congressional oversight to ensure that all stakeholders and communities have access to air transportation. For example, there are over 5,000 airports across the United States, over 3,300 of which are public-use airports. Yet, there is only commercial service at 509 airports, and airline capacity is dwindling by about 20 percent in recent years in particular. That means that for the majority of our communities around the country, small airports and general aviation are a literal lifeline to local communities, industries and businesses.
These airport and businesses support local economies and agriculture, connect businesses with far-off plants and customers, and facilitate access to many services, including medical care, disaster relief, organ and blood transport, law enforcement, search-and-rescue, and fire-fighting. They help our businesses stay connected, repair power lines, help farms to survey and protect their crops and allow companies to reach plants in remote areas of the country, among many other uses. In fact, each year, the agricultural aviation industry treats 71 million acres of cropland, out of the 408 million acres of cropland in the United States.
Yet, under a privatized system, a private board dominated by the largest commercial operators would undoubtedly direct resources and investments to the largest hub airports and urban areas where these investments would be most likely to benefit their bottom line. They could also shape and influence the system in many other ways to their benefit, including by leveraging many new fees and taxes, reducing access to airports for lower cost competitors and impeding access to particular airports. It is also unclear how important programs such as the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) would fare, which provide long-term funding in the form of federal grants to both large and small airports around the country, which are a lifeline to local communities and economies.
Agriculture, small businesses and rural communities are the backbone of our nation, and we need to protect our public infrastructure which ensures access to air transportation for communities of all sizes. Please say no to a privatized air traffic control system.
Sincerely,
Agriculture Retailers Association
Alliance for Aviation Across America
Crop Life America
League of Rural Voters
National Agricultural Aviation Association
National Council of Agricultural Employers
National Farmers Union
National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
National Women in Agriculture Association
USA Rice Federation"
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Interesting read.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)They were the only union that supported him and that's how they were repaid. Basically he killed the rights of unions and things have been worse for most workers/employees since then. A lot has changed (mostly for the bad) due to and since he was the president. He started a lot of which is now "the norm" for the Repub party. Bad, bad president.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Just for a little light hearted brilliance...
The "famous" Kennedy Steve Abraham.... GROUND controller at JFK in this clip...guy is a genius.. and a great comedian . I think maybe he recently retired..?
kennedy Steve again.. serious complicated situations here...and he's got it all in his head...
Bettie
(16,111 posts)but they will also in India or China watching screens.