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FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/faa-tees-up-875m-ai-tool-to-help-manage-air-traffic-congestion/
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
So a quick search suggests air traffic controllers make around $75,000 annually. $875 million would pay the salaries of 11,666 air traffic controllers for a decade at that wage.
Even considering inflation, training, medical, etc that $875,000,000 could pay for thousands of hired Amemricans for a decade. Republicans are literally the worst.
Replying to @Monstrosity@lemmy.today
The problem is finding qualified people to be controllers. IiRC, something like 3000 apply for certification per year and only 150 make it.
This position should really pay alot more than it does
Replying to @LordCrom@lemmy.world
and its also a long waitlist, plus 2 years of schooling and you are training in only in one state for it.
Replying to @Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Is it a long waitlist? I hadn’t heard that before, but its possible. I know they just recently shortened the process.
Maybe more people need to know retirement is at 50.