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Mason32 · 10-15-2008, 12:52 PM

Why don't they just change their hiring guidelines? Currently there is a maximum age for ATC controllers of 31 or something like that right? So, instead of raising the age cut off and letting many pilots take retirement from the airline and join the FAA ATC, they hire high school kids instead...

10-15-2008, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mason32 Gets Weekends Off Joined APC: Jun 2008 Position: Reclined Posts: 1,149	Why don't they just change their hiring guidelines? Currently there is a maximum age for ATC controllers of 31 or something like that right? So, instead of raising the age cut off and letting many pilots take retirement from the airline and join the FAA ATC, they hire high school kids instead... __________________ Fly The Contract & Nothing More Last edited by Mason32 : 10-15-2008 at 01:18 PM.