RE: Journeyman FAA Air Traffic Controllers at large facilities e.g. LAX tower, are pulling in at least $120K/yr.
What about:
1) Working hours
2) Job Pressure
They work a standard 40 hr week, rotating shifts. Great responsibility, obviously. They’ve got to keep those aircraft seperated.
I’m a retired FAA employee(not an ATC).
You’d be surprised. My son had both stress and bad hours at his job as a Police and Ambulance Dispatcher. But he loved the work and would go back to it in a heartbeat.