The linked article says they were back up and running at 75% in days. They had started training replacements in preparation for the strike, then had scabs and people breaking the picket line due to the threat of firing, then brought in military ATCs to fill in blanks.
Yo, air traffic controllers still at work: if y’all have ever considered going on strike, now’s the time.
Came here to say this.
Easier to quit; last time ATCs went on strike Reagan just fired them all
I’d rather get fired than quit. Unemployment benefits!
Would they still be able to replace the fired workers as quickly as they did in 1980?
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1025018833/looking-back-on-when-president-reagan-fired-air-traffic-controllers
What is quick? From what I remember reading, they didn’t really get back to normal until the early 90s. I could be wrong, I saw this a while ago.
They still aren’t back to the same staffing level.
The linked article says they were back up and running at 75% in days. They had started training replacements in preparation for the strike, then had scabs and people breaking the picket line due to the threat of firing, then brought in military ATCs to fill in blanks.