TIL - if you're a traffic controller and you lose radio contact for a minute and a half, you get 45 days of trauma pay or continuation of pay (COP). I'm changing careers!

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TIL - if you're a traffic controller and you lose radio contact for a minute and a half, you get 45 days of trauma pay or continuation of pay (COP). I'm changing careers! (www.foxbusiness.com)

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With the medium pay over 6 figures plus federal benefits and COP, sounds pretty good.

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Every day is hell week in ATC.

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Right. No body cares when Git goes down or my webserver crashes. I can't bear the stress. Then my IP address suddenly changes in the middle of the night. I don't get COP.

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Shut up and deal with it, goy

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Afaik flight traffic controller is the most stressful job there is.

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