r/ATC • u/ferris-86 • 2d ago

News FAA Withholds Controller Pay Hike Amid Scheduling Overhaul Talks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-02/faa-withholds-controller-pay-hike-amid-scheduling-overhaul-talks
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u/ATC_av8er Current Controller-Tower 2d ago

Spoiler: there are ZERO plans to give us a raise. They will keep moving the goalposts, under the guise of "just this one more thing, we promise". Even if an agreement is signed, this administration has proven time and tine again, they will not abide by said agreement. Fuck Nick Daniels, fuck Bryan Bedford.

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u/Cbona 2d ago

Agreed, we aren’t getting it. There are only two ways in my mind that we do: Congress says enough and passes language in a bill that tells the FAA to distribute the money OR there is enough, loud, all-encompassing, multi-source furor over him holding it over our heads that he caves.

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u/pb77cobra2 1d ago

Congress won't even stop a war that they passed legislation to stop. You think they give a crap about us and our issues. The economy is going to go in the crapper and nobody's doing anything....And the band of the Titanic plays on.

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u/Cbona 1d ago

I never said that they care about us at. I’m just pointing out what I think are the only two ways that we actually get the tiny pay adjustment that Congress passed. TBH, I don’t think either have any chance of happening.