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Comment by farceSpherule

10 months ago

You can thank Reagan for mess we are in with ATC's...

Reagan was looking for a reason to break up the government unions and the union overplayed their hand. So, Reagan fired all of the striking ATCs -- 11,359 -- and banned them from federal service for life (later lifted by Clinton).

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