Air Traffic Controller Hats

Air traffic controllers talk aircraft through crowded airspace in a calm voice, and the job is known for long shifts. According to NPR's reporting and a congressional letter on FAA working conditions, more than 41% of certified controllers work ten-hour days, six days a week. NATCA says controllers at 40% of FAA facilities worked six-day weeks at least once a month in 2022. That is why staffing, not the planes, is the in-group's running grievance. Mandatory retirement comes at 56 under Public Law 92-297, with full retirement at age 50 after 20 years of service or at any age after 25 years. These air traffic controller hats put the tower's point of view on the brim. Two badges, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER and AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, name the job plainly. The sentence designs carry the deadpan the profession already uses: PILOTS FLY I RUN THE SKY answers the market staple YOU MAY FLY BUT I CONTROL THE SKY, I'M NOT SHORT STAFFED I AM THE STAFF takes on the shortage, the retirement line pairs the 56 rule with a pension rhyme, and I PARALLEL PARK AIRPLANES is an absurd bit, since controllers sequence aircraft rather than park them. PILOTS FLY I RUN THE SKY and I PARALLEL PARK AIRPLANES each get a second colorway. This is the view from the other side of the radio from Funny Pilot Hats, and no live design mentions air traffic control. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat.