Air Traffic Controller Job App Offered in Braille

Should you be concerned about traveling to St. Mary’s airport on the U.K. Isles of Scilly? Only if the airport hires one of the candidates who used a Braille application form to apply for an air traffic controller position there.

That’s right. An article in today’s Telegraph explains the matter:

An airport has been accused of taking political correctness too far, after advertising for a new air traffic controller in Braille.

Although ‘20/20 vision’ is a requirement of the position at St Mary’s airport on the Isles of Scilly, the application form is offered in both Braille and audio format.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “flying blind.”

To read the complete article, click here.

-- Bob McCarty Writes