Um, yeah, right...

[Antipodean Andy]

Blind air traffic controllers invited to apply | NEWS.com.au

A BRITISH airport has advertised for an air traffic controller - and offered those interested an application pack in braille.

The website for St Mary's Airport on the Isles of Scilly, off the southwest tip of England, says controllers need to be able to keep a close eye on the changeable weather as their work "is not over-dependent upon very costly and sophisticated electronic equipment".

But applicants for the job could still ask for an application pack in large type, braille or audio format, newspapers said.

A spokesman for the local council said the wording was included on all job advertisements, while the Royal National Institute for the Blind praised its "good practice".

[Kyt]

I'm all for equal opportunities, and I think reasonable adjustments could be made for the job. How about bells on the aircraft like in footballs for people with visual impairments?

[Kitty]

or we could teach the guide dog to bark in code for different aircraft

[Kyt]

Aren't dogs colour blind? If so then I think it would be discrimination to employ them when colour blind humans aren't allowed to become controllers

[Antipodean Andy]

Yes, dogs are colour blind so probably best to employ a parrot (birds see in colour) that can talk and tell the controller what's going on. Of course, you could also get male peacocks to act as marshallers.

If the parrot got fired for chewing cables etc, it would be an ex-parrot...

[Kitty]

that parrot is not an ex-parrot, it is merely very relaxed

[John]

No more plane flights for me . You have all scared the heck out of me

[Kitty]

got a doozy of one today, reading through the job description for a Countryside Ranger, which is a manually heavy job and requires fitness. Last bit in the desirable section of the job description: "Physically capable of doing the job".

Oooooooooooooookay. so its only desirable you can do the job. right.