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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

Is your cousin still alive? My brother passed away in his sleep Nov 2019. He lost everything except his wife and 3 daughters, all very young. Dipped into his retirement and the IRS came calling. They garnished his wages for years. Retired in June 2019, his wife diagnosed

with Alzheimers the same month. Being fired in such a public way, he felt the weight of all of his fellow brothers who were ATCs.... He was the most humble, genuine, loving, forgiving, hard working man. I miss him every single day

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I'm so sorry. Indeed, that must have been a terrible burden for him. My cousin is alive. He went into long-haul truck driving after he was fired, but when there was that amnesty thing, where they could go back on duty, he did that. He had learned to be an ATC when he was in the Air Force during Vietnam, so it was all he had ever done professionally until the strike.

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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

My brother went in to training when he graduated college. Started at O'Hare. All he ever knew... he took went into long haul truck driving.... for Mayflower. I think a few of his fellow ATC did that. That was hard on his family... He never went back to ATC, I don't know why.

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