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The US Government is not interested in hiring outside of law enforcement so they won't be able to find people to fill positions outside of law enforcement.

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Maybe federal government which hasn’t grown much (they contract everything). State and especially local government employment has been growing consistently for years, or growing very fast if you count education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_employees_in_the_Un...

ATC should probably be private like it is in Canada, where it functions very well, and also better lines up with how the federal gov operates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nav_Canada

A lot of services are provided by contractors, including a few hundred control towers, the weather briefing system, the vast majority of flight and medical examiners, etc.

Canadian ATC has serious issues, and the whole air travel system is much, much more expensive than the US.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-ai...

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