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Half of air traffic controller job offers go to people with no aviation experience
Chicago Tribune ^
| July 30, 2014
| Jon Hilkevitch
Posted on 07/31/2014 7:50:44 AM PDT by george76
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:50:44 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
How many of them are democrats?
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:51:32 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
( NBC - - "Nothing But Crap" network ... jerk smirk scum...)
To: george76
“attracting more minorities and women to the nations largely white and male controller work force in airport towers and radar facilities, officials have said.”
Quotas are more important than air safety.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:52:49 AM PDT
by
detective
To: george76
All professions should follow suit. Brain surgeons would be a perfect test case.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:52:56 AM PDT
by
madprof98
To: george76
but you still have to be able to count up to 20 without taking your shoes off
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:53:57 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: george76
TRANSLATION: Half of air traffic controllers are there because of affirmative action, and affirmative action alone.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:55:47 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: george76
Yeah - that makes sense.
From McDonald's drive up window to the ATC cab in one easy step courtesy of Eric Holder.
Only problem is, the international language of aviation is English, not Jive.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:56:25 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: detective
This decision is going to kill a lot of people.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:57:03 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: george76
The libs and crazies have been working in govt jobs for decades, just waiting for someone like BHO to come along, so they can implement their hairbrained ideas.
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:01:09 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: george76
looks like VFR for a while.
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:02:16 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: george76
"FAA officials defended the switch Wednesday, saying the process that includes a personality test-like biographical assessment helped the agency select from a larger pool of qualified applicants than under past vacancy announcements and reduced testing and training costs."
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:04:40 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: eyeamok
Well, we hired a president with no experience in running anything, not even a lemonade stand. This is just an extention of that. I hope the flying public is comprised of all dems.
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:05:45 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: george76
I am willing to bet half of journalism jobs go to children with no literary, historical, or real-world experience.
To: molson209
but you still have to be able to count up to 20 without taking your shoes off The math part of the testing has been replaced by a 'personality' profile. (I kid you not).
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:06:46 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: detective
“We are living in the age of insanity.” — George Putnam
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:07:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
My question is... what happens to the planes while the ATC’s are:
Listening to rap music on their headphones
Praying to Mecca
Phoning the Abortion Clinic
???
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:08:57 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Textide
This decision is going to kill a lot of people.Isn't that part of their plan ?
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:11:22 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: molson209
But you still have to be able to count up to 20 without taking your shoes off. Or twenty-one, without taking your pants off.
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:12:27 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
We’re supposed to be happy that fully 50% of them are competent. Among the TSA, that figure is closer to 5%,
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:13:54 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: BenLurkin
We are living in the age of insanity.
Sounds like something Noah would have said.
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:15:26 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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