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Airborne Grid Lock

Recently I learned that the retirement age for an air traffic controller is 58 which is understandable due to the high stress levels that this job places on these peoples shoulders. After seeing this I wondered, How many of these guys are up for retirement a year? According to the FAA 68% of airtraffic controllers are up for retirement by the year 2012. With no one to land the planes there will be a standstill for airtraffic across the globe. Especially since the year 2012 marks the estimated time for the 3 billion mark supposed to be reached for American air travelers per year. With numbers like this it is needless to say that the FAA is shaking in their boots. The FAA starting this year is putting forth a new very aggressive plan for hiring air traffic controllers over the next 15 years hiring between 1000-2000 controllers a year. So basically if you know someone that is even thinking about being a controller buy them a coke.

posted by Anonymous @ 11/30/2006 10:59:00 AM