To keep posted on this you may wish to read the bulletins issued by
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In the past few weeks their newsflash presented both sides of the dispute, the FAA's and NATCA's.
I've read indeed that a two-tiered pay system is considered, one for current ATCO's and a lower one for the new entries. Makes me think of two past events :
1. The PATCO-Reagan confrontation of 1981, when 11000 controllers were fired just like that - have the FAA and the controllers ever overcome this event do we think? The current controller shortage speaks for itself perhaps.
2. To my knowledge the only succesfull two-tier pay system in history has ever been applied in Cuba by el leader massimo to ensure the Cuban system to survive against the pressures of... yes the same Raegan.
Will be quite interesting to follow.