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"Fun" fact: Reagan's little stunt with the air traffic controllers left the government with a severe shortage in talent and experience in air traffic controllers for a good decade afterwards. Turns out you can't just fire everyone in the country who does a given job without consequences, particularly with a job that is high stress.