re: 36th anniversary of Ronald Reagan firing all the air traffic controllers

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Little background to add on since some people seem to think their demands were reasonable. Plain and simple they weren't. At the time Air traffic controllers were required to work 40 hours a week over 5 days (standard 9-5 job right there) and their pay was about 20k-50k depending on experience (Thats 54k to 135k in todays money) with standard government retirement at 65. What they wanted was a 32 hour work week over 4 days, a 10k per year increase in pay, and a retirement package at only 20 years of service.

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