Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

Peter Dohm wrote:

I was flying as a student pilot during that period, and what I remember most
was that all of the controllers who were inpatient and abrasive suddenly
vanished and that all of the controllers who were friendly and helpfull were
still present.




Reagan broke the controller union's back


They broke their own back. Stupid idiots thought they could strike and
not get fired. Reagan gave them two days to return, two more than he
had to. Some came back, most didn't.