• superkret@feddit.org
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    9 days ago

    This questionnaire with a built-in cheat code is a scandal, but it’s not the reason for the current increase in accidents - to even take the questionnaire, you already had to pass the 200 hour training and get a high result in the relevant 8h skill test.

    The main reason is the permanent understaffing in control towers.

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      8 days ago

      Thanks for the info. Glad there is a lot of training thats required for the role. An 8hr test is pretty brutal.

      Being an air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs you can have. Hell, I wouldn’t be able to cope doing it.

  • Not Chad McTruth@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    im not sure if i should be mad because im missing important information in the headline

    what race were the people who got turned away

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      8 days ago

      the title is bullshit, it’s a dog whistle attack on DEI hires to draw attention away from the fact that trump just killed 70 people by firing FAA officials.

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    8 days ago

    solution: complete hiring freeze.

    worked out great.

    incidentally, that racist opinion piece is ridiculous. all and your title is wrong:

    …applicants who had already graduated from a 200-hour training program and achieved high scores on AT-SAT…