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What was the American public's reaction to Reagan's firing of 11k ATC workers in 1981? Did this have any economic impacts to the country? Did it cause flight delays? How did all those airports find new employees all of a sudden (or were the fired members quietly rehired)?

by /u/corn_on_the_cobh in /r/AskHistorians

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