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Is there any job more stressful than that of an air traffic controller? How long do they last before they have to leave?

Our's son fiancee has a brother who is an air traffic controller in Mexico. He had to land 75 planes within a 5-hour span or 15 planes per hour. I can't even imagine how stressful that would be. All those lives are in the hands of the air traffic controller.

Posted - October 7, 2018
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  • 6988
    My job has me sitting near a large airport. The airliners fly over one after the other, all in a row and about a minute apart. Getting them in line looks tricky, but the pilots know how to fly those things and where they need to be.
      October 7, 2018 9:36 AM MDT
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  • 44752
    You work near Detroit?
      October 7, 2018 9:38 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    Mostly Toledo.
      October 7, 2018 12:48 PM MDT
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  • 113301
     Thanks for that specific reply bh because you know what? I forgot that it is a PARTNERSHIP between a pilot who knows what he is doing and has done it countless times be and the air traffic controller likewise. It isn't all up to the controller to land a plane. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)
      October 7, 2018 10:09 AM MDT
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  • 1502
    Not all job stress is the same. Some would consider the stress of working in non air conditioned cell houses with violent maximum custody inmates stressful. Words can’t explain how stressful my job is. Every little tiny mistake has the pontenrial to lead to violence, riots, and deaths. That’s a load of stress to carry. Also having to worry about being physically assaulted, verbally assaulted daily, and the stress of worrying about having bodily waste thrown on you. 

    I’ve never been in air traffic control, but I imagine it’s demanding and stressful. 15 planes an hour is one every four minutes. That’s non stop stress. With the well being of many and many lives at stake every landing I would say that would be stressful. 

    There are many stressful jobs. Many of which carry unique and different types of stresses. We should also consider everyone handles stress differently. How one reacts to stress and under pressure plays a huge role.
     
      October 7, 2018 9:46 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Being an air traffic controller makes you responsible for the lives of others. Your job puts your life on the line every minute you are there. I think that is far more stressful. How much longer are you planning to work there? Sounds really scary Rizz. Seriously scary. Take care, watch out, be on guard. I hope they are paying you gazillions of dollars and that your bennies are incomparable. Thank you for your reply! :)
      October 7, 2018 10:22 AM MDT
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  • 1502
    For full retirement 17 years. I can retire early at 50 making about $150 less a month. I can overtime a bunch to boost my retirement points. 
      October 7, 2018 11:41 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    SEVENTEEN YEARS? Oh my gosh! If you can financially afford to retire early please do so. Maybe I've seen too many movies about prisons and employees and prisoners who attack them but life is precious and I know I don't have to tell you that. You have the option of overtiming a lot? What does that do to your ability to get enough sleep? Sorry I'm being so nosy but honestly I've never known anyone who had a job like that and so you know ignorance never helps understanding. I don't know what your returement would be at 50 but really $150 a month more versus getting out earlier? It's something only you can decide and I'm an ignorant outsider so I'd leave early. Sheesh. Just what you need. Someone telling you what to do. Apologies. Thank you for your reply Rizz! :) 
      October 7, 2018 12:26 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    I live within 10 minutes of the prison. I can still get get 6 1/2 hours sleep. They base your retirement off your average annual salary. If I overtime two or theee times a week it raises my annual average salary. I plan on retiring at fifty spending my last ten years on the overnight shift when they’re sleeping and in their cells all but thirty minutes of the shift. Then I’ll work a less stressful job until I’m 67.
     
      October 7, 2018 1:32 PM MDT
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