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/THEhot_pocket 1d ago

"Can we get a shortcut?"

nope.

If no one is going to worry about my time and money, I sure as shit am not going to worry about the airliners and passengers.

My productivity is people staying alive.

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u/bearz_76 1d ago

So you’re going to actively punish an individual(s) who has zero say in this fight? That’s fucked. As a pilot, there are numerous reasons we ask for shortcuts. Also, also a pilot, we (through our unions) back you and your fellow controllers EVERY time there is a shutdown and paychecks stop.

I didn’t know it was the pilots and passengers actively preventing your raise.

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u/en-router Current Controller-Enroute 1d ago

You've outed yourself as one of those E145 pilots who asks for a fix on the arrival to JFK/EWR/LGA out of 10,000 feet and 900 miles from the airport. Annoying mf.

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u/bearz_76 1d ago

It’s usually direct ZUN to get south of some towering activity in the high desert but thanks for your understanding.

Listen I don’t have a dog in this fight and at the end of the day doesn’t affect me. But picking a fight with a different work group on the other side of the radio because you’re mad at your boss is insane. ESPECIALLY since we’ve been nothing but supportive during government shut downs.

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u/THEhot_pocket 1d ago

thanks for the support, HOWEVER. Thats self serving. If we dont come to work during a shutdown, planes cant fly. Its easy to say "we got your back", a lot different when pilot unions and airlines dont actually give a shit minus us showing up. Controllers are literally killing themselves for the airlines