Originally Posted by
Khantahr
The TSA might be the ones who end this shutdown for us. While firing ATC for calling in sick might be illegal (not that that would stop them), they can replace them with military controllers right away.
They can't replace the TSA overnight, so they can't really fire them either.
No they can't. The spool up for local controllers takes years even with job experience. No military have ever worked in a center facility either.