🧵THREAD: Democratic and Republican lawmakers have begun to question FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford’s decision not to pay out an annual raise to the nation’s 11,000 air traffic controllers since Congress funded it nearly five months.
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@SecDuffy@POTUS@RuthlessPodcast Tell the truth, you will have blood on your hands if you don’t change the insane schedules, mental fatigue & diminished morale amongst the countries “Elite Air Traffic Controllers”.
@Anna_Giaritelli Our salaries are available to the public. There not a single ATCS nationwide touching close to $300k. The pay cap at ZNY is just under $246k, one of if not the highest in the nation.
@politico Anonymously interview the Air Traffic Controllers. They all saw it, they all knew the consequences & nobody listened to the professionals ✈️
Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’ https://t.co/DvYBD5ksDF
@Oriana0214@SamOgozalek Absolutely are they calling in sick ; they have to ; are they dying or thinking about dying yes.
The FAA is lying to the public.
PlEASE HELP SUPPORT THE TIRED, STRESSED & MENTALLY DEFEATED ATC BEFORE ANOTHER TRAGEDY🙏🏻
@Oriana0214@SamOgozalek Now the FFA is on a rampage to fire as many as they can for minor offenses in addition to lying to the public about controllers, calling in sick. Are there controllers suffering mental health issues right now?
@Oriana0214@SamOgozalek Controllers have grown increasingly frayed and fatigued due to chronic staffing shortages and frequent equipment outages. The most recent government shutdown left Air Traffic Controllers working for weeks without pay , forced to drive for Uber & make pizza deliveries.
@Oriana0214@SamOgozalek Air Traffic Controllers need your help! The FAA isn’t paying attention to why AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS are COMMITTING SUICIDE😞
An estimated 12 controllers died by suicide in 2024 out of roughly 10,700 fully trained controllers, that is a rate eight times higher than the average.
A billionaire sat in a room for 42 minutes and listed every psychological trick that makes people lose money. for free. the finance industry has spent thirty years pretending this recording does not exist.
he didn't sell a course. he didn't write a newsletter. he sat in a chair at 96 years old and explained why brilliant people do the dumbest things with their money. then he explained why they will keep doing it.
MBA programs charge $200,000 to teach behavioral finance. he covered 25 biases in one sitting. some of them are still not in any curriculum. he gave the entire framework away on camera.
the part nobody talks about: he called crypto antisocial. he said index funds will crush most managers. he said private equity is full of wretched excess. he said all of this in a room full of people who manage money for a living. nobody argued.
a hedge fund analyst at a top firm told me this is the first thing they send to anyone who joins the desk. not a book. not a model. a 42-minute video of a 96-year-old man explaining why you will be wrong and how to recognize it before it costs you everything.
40 million people have heard his name. almost none of them have watched him explain the 25 ways their own brain is working against them.
the lecture is free. he died the following year. it is in the video.
Earlier this Aug, @SecDuffy blamed NY area air traffic controllers for sick-outs after “staffing triggers” issued at multiple centers for EWR, LGA and JFK airspace.
He didn’t mention a relocation agreement expired and left one w/6 fewer ATCs overnight.
https://t.co/lfOjlcQwt0
Illinois Senators blast FAA Administrator for what they say is the agency holding a raise for air traffic controllers “hostage.”
First on @CBSNews
https://t.co/9bchAzD92e
The untold story of air traffic controllers:
US air travel has surged since 1980. 906 million people boarded flights last year compared to 295 million in 1980, yet we have 11,000 controllers now compared to 16,300 back then.
https://t.co/vW7HtN1wea