dvv
if it were so easy to hire another controller in his place, why is JFK currently understaffed?
indeed, the whole ATC system is on the short side...with lots of retirements coming up.
and believe me...I know what ATC screwups can do to you...imagine...cleared PHL ILS 9R...a United DC10 cleared for takeoff PHL 27L despite asking 7 times about what was going on...and at 800' agl being head on...we went underneath them and landed...they never saw us and THREE CONTROLLERS WERE DECERTIFIED ON THE SPOT.