How many air traffic controllers did President Reagan fire during the strike in 1981?

President Reagan fired all of the 11,600 air traffic controller strikers after they refused to obey a court order to return to work.

By decade’s end, there were 2,500 fewer air traffic controllers employed in the industry.

Meanwhile, U.S. air traffic had increased by a third and safety records had worsened.

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