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Trump demands unpaid air traffic controllers 'get back to work' as chaos worsens(bbc.com)
19 points by tartoran 18 hours ago | 8 comments
  • maerF0x02 hours ago

    My read of this article https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj41pgpk0wgo ("US Senate passes funding bill as historic shutdown nears likely end") is that this is no longer relevant? ie shortly they will all be paid and back to work?

  • tencentshill17 hours ago

    He should be able to relate, considering he forfeited his own salary. It's probably the only clean money he would have made while in office.

  • BugsJustFindMe17 hours ago

    Gosh, maybe he should pay them.

  • pylua14 hours ago

    Are the controllers that are working getting paid interest on the late payments ?

  • techblueberry18 hours ago

    isn't fascism supposed to help keep the trains running on time? Where are all these supposed benefits of fascism?

    • hyperhello11 hours ago |parent

      The human race is full of people who don’t help themselves and don’t help others. They are going to get representation.

    • rsynnott2 hours ago |parent

      That one's a bit of a myth, honestly.

  • more_corn8 hours ago

    Wouldn’t it be a thing if they just quit?

    I mean it’s the most stressful job on the planet. Hundreds of lives in your hands total concentration at all times. Grueling hours. Sure it pays but is it worth getting treated like dirt?

    Probably not. There’s already a chronic staffing crisis. If even a handful quit the whole thing could fall apart.