Drunk and Asleep on the Job: Air Traffic Controllers Pushed to the Brink. A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes.
by coolbern
Drunk and Asleep on the Job: Air Traffic Controllers Pushed to the Brink. A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes.
by coolbern
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Until the system actually collapses there are no market signals to force the investment needed to keep high-fixed cost infrastructure systems, like air traffic control, alive.
When the planes start crashing it will be too late to get gear up new people, instruments, and physical plant to do the job.
Pretend you didn’t see this article before you trust your body on another flight.