Air Traffic Control
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·May 12, 2025_whiteCaps_
zitterbewegung
Forward air control would get a map grid or other description of the target from Infantry and Aircraft would be dispatched to the target . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_air_control_operations...
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dilap
"maybe airplanes got too woke"
I don't think there's any debate that ATC staffing is a major issue right now, and the FAA really did blow up its hiring pipeline to further DEI goals
Cf https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-fa...
Rebelgecko
That sample hiring quiz (https://kaisoapbox.com/projects/faa_biographical_assessment) is batshit insane, to the point I can hardly believe it's real (but it seems like it is?)
seliopou
Previous discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42944203
kevingadd
When your hiring pipeline is so obliterated that you decide to fire about 400 of your employees. Makes sense.
Re WWII use of radio:
My grandfather flew Typhoons, and they operated 'cab rank' as part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force. The Army would radio in coordinates of German tanks or fortified positions, and the Typhoons would come in with their rockets / bombs / cannons. I wish he was still around so I could ask him how that was done. A central dispatcher? Or did they talk to the Army directly? Not sure.