Grow the hell up. There is zero way they relax the actual testing standards (ATSA, OKC, or medical) for one specific group of people.
If anything this just provides some people a more direct path into taking the ATSA in the first place. If they pass the tests, great, send them to the field. If they don't pass the tests, they don't control traffic.
What I'm saying is: If the flight surgeon and the OKC examiners and the OJTIs and the sup all agree that someone can work traffic then shut up and let them work traffic. If someone in the chain doesn't agree then you're all clutching your pearls about nothing.
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Motodog wants to post a link to the actual decision/policy then we can have a more informed discussion.