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This day in history: 1981: mass firing of air traffic controllers
Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:52 am
Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:52 am
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Steve Kornacki
@SteveKornacki
"There just is no other choice"
39 years ago today: As the deadline he set comes and goes without workers returning to their jobs, President Reagan follows through on his threat to fire striking air traffic controllers
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Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:56 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
wish someone would have the balls to do this today with education employees who refuse to go back to work.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I remember this. Friends father was an ATC but he was a supervisor and couldn’t be in the Union. So he wasn’t fired. Dude made unreal bank working double and triple time OT until the whole thing resolved.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I've read that the Russians were paying very close attention to how Reagan handled this crisis. Would he stick to his guns, and fire a large swath of controllers, or would he knuckle under and give in?
His response would show the Russians just who they were dealing with.
His response would show the Russians just who they were dealing with.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Reagan was THE MAN!!!!!!!! 
Posted on 8/5/20 at 2:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
My dad was one of the controllers that was fired.
He still loved Reagan regardless and happily voted for him again.
He still loved Reagan regardless and happily voted for him again.
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 8/5/20 at 2:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
What would Ronnie do in 2020?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 3:24 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This was the first time I realized the news was fake (biased). They so much wanted some/any air disaster blood on his hands that they were gleefully predicting it hourly.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
frick Reagan and his trickle-down scam
Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Can we follow the example and have a mass firing of River Pilots?
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:16 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
God Bless Dutch 
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:26 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
39 years ago today: As the deadline he set comes and goes without workers returning to their jobs, President Reagan follows through on his threat to fire striking air traffic controllers
Posted on 8/6/20 at 1:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Some thought Reagan was a light weight noodle head.
Turns out they were very, very wrong.
Greatest President of my lifetime.
Turns out they were very, very wrong.
Greatest President of my lifetime.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 1:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Reagan
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