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Air Traffic Control Applicants Top 8,000 in 13 Hours, Transportation Secretary Says

Air Traffic Control Applicants Top 8,000 in 13 Hours, Transportation Secretary Says

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – A record 8,000-plus ⁠people ⁠have applied for jobs in ⁠the troubled U.S. air traffic control system in the first ​13 hours of a recruitment drive focusing on individuals who enjoy playing video games, Transportation Secretary ‌Sean Duffy said on Friday. The ‌Federal Aviation Administration, facing a shortage of air traffic controllers in towers across the ⁠U.S., opened ⁠applications overnight to fill more positions, Duffy said at the Semafor ​World Economy gathering in Washington. After 12 hours, according to Duffy, the FAA had received some 6,000 applications. Posting on X later in the day, he said a total of 8,004 applicants ​had filed in 13 hours, a rate of 10 every minute, marking the fastest ⁠pace ⁠ever for applicants seeking jobs ⁠as U.S. ​air traffic controllers. Duffy said 7,252 of those applicants met basic qualifications, though they would ​still need to go ⁠through a rigorous assessment process. “We’ve had a flood of young people coming in who want to be air traffic controllers,” Duffy said at the conference, calling the Trump …

Baroness Coffey withdraws holiday ban for terminally ill assisted dying applicants – Humanists UK

Baroness Coffey withdraws holiday ban for terminally ill assisted dying applicants – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Pictured: Baroness Coffey. Source: UK Parliament, distributed under CC BY 3.0 license. Update: Baroness Coffey has withdrawn this amendment. We hope it was in light of pressure about its cruel and unworkable nature. Original article presented below: Liz Truss’s Health Secretary, Baroness Coffey, has proposed an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would ban people from accessing assisted dying if they have left the country in the past twelve months. Some would find themselves ineligible due to trips before they even found out they were terminally ill. For most, this would essentially act as a ‘holiday ban’, meaning that anyone who wants to travel abroad for the last time, or visit family members abroad, would be barred from doing so. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are disappointed that peers are proposing such ludicrous and cruel amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill and urge Baroness Coffey to withdraw this one. Amendment 15 says that a person would only be eligible for an assisted death if they were ‘ordinarily resident …