The old crustie alphas are definitely long gone, altho u can find some of them still working contract jobs in the lab talking about the good old days of shrimp boats, fist fights, and smoking in the radar room. Isn't it funny to see these new kids with full tattoo sleeves as if they're Hells Angels, get in their Prius & drive home to play Call of Duty or simp for some Tinder Karen who they will inevitably cry about at work next week while barely being able to sequence 4 arrivals while they scroll TikTok in position. And whatever you do...do not hurt their fragile feelings or say the wrong thing about the latest Social Justice initiative of the week, or welcome to EEO/ Weingarten hell, where it's still impossible to get in trouble but the facility acts as if you're already fired lol.
I've noticed that most of the noobs are just terrible fucking controllers too. Used to be that there was always a bad egg but in a crop of trainees there were still a few "good ones" who got it, now it seems like that's maybe 1 out of 10 and because that is such a unicorn that person gets treated as if they're a presumptive future Archie League winner in waiting. This is nationwide , hence the 20% OJTI N90 styled bribes.
And how many so-called "military controllers" have u got at your facility and they plug in & you go...Holy shit this mofo has clearly NEVER talked to planes.
"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."
Brace for the hard times that are coming w these pussies in the workforce. Austins Juicy Smollet special will look like child's play compared to whatever catastrophe finally doesn't get saved by TCAS.