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return2ozma@return2ozma@lemmy.world
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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/
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9WhiteTeeth@Monstrosity@lemmy.today
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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.

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MimicJar@MimicJar@lemmy.world
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$75,000 annually

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports about double that as the median pay ($148,080).

I still agree with the rest of your math and think the investment is worth it, but just clarifying the number.

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acosmichippo@acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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the other issue is aparently it’s hard to get people to do that job.

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Dagnet@Dagnet@lemmy.world
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I do believe its considered top 2 most stressful jobs, not hard to see why

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bigmclargehuge@bigmclargehuge@lemmy.zip
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I know someone who’s atc. He described it as “very very slow Tetris, but when you misplace a piece someone dies.”

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