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Old Apr 21, 2013, 1:43 pm
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Originally Posted by gailwynand
There is a major shortage of ATC staff right now, a lot of people are retiring and they can't get new staff trained fast enough. Combine that with furloughs and cancelled overtime and you have a serious crunch.

Also, do we have any evidence that admin staff are not being furloughed? I would be surprised if that were the case.
No evidence in this case other than experience in the work world. Years ago when I worked for the US Forest Service it was always the lower workers that got furloughed/laid off. Rarely did the management get it.
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