Comment by Yeul
3 months ago
The Netherlands has a shortage too. But they just cancel flights or even entire airports if they are understaffed.
As an employee it is your duty to refuse orders that potentially risk lives.
3 months ago
The Netherlands has a shortage too. But they just cancel flights or even entire airports if they are understaffed.
As an employee it is your duty to refuse orders that potentially risk lives.
That brings up an interesting solution: Figure out how many flights can be services with the current number of air traffic controllers, take away 5 - 10% to deal with illness and unforeseen issues, cap the number of flights to that number.
Then you have the problem that Congress overrules you.
> The number of flights at Reagan National is capped because of its congestion. But lawmakers have an interest in boosting direct flights to their states – for themselves and their constituents – because the airport is more convenient to downtown than Dulles International Airport
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/30/safety-...
So the knew the airport was already at max number of flights that it could handle safely and yet they still increased the number of flights in pure selfishness.
That not just selfish, that's irresponsible. Why not ensure better transportation links for Dullas instead. Aren't the two airports less than an hour away from each other?
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