Reall mess. quick notes /anwers:
Regading military taking over ( anywhere ) this is 2010 in the EU where licensing is in force, Military controllers are not licenced/trained for En-route civil ops. For TWRs at airports this is different ( mixed ops ) . Also umbers are not at all the same , a few hunded licensed military controllers in Spain 1800 civil.
Comparison with Reagan/USA/1981 .(I was involved ) in 81 huge overstaff in FAA, low working hours , so firing 60% workforce was mitigated by : calling back retired people, management and a few ( hundreds ) of military in some TWRS. Then they enforced 6 days/ week of 12 hours/day to that workfordce, and still it was a mess for 12-14 months ( big delays in the New york area,many incidents ) . Resolved after 4-5 years only.
Totally different in Spain today.
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