Worked with one of these former air traffic controller. She was a lazy idiot. Very much so.
Spooky she had so much responsibility in her former career.
I got to see the Southeast Regional FAA Control Center when I handled the telecommunications with MCI. Of course it was long after the strike and restructuring. It was a fantastic place just like in the movies. They have an upstairs balcony looking down on it at one end of the floor.