history. the best answer to that question is you haven t worked it all in the past three years, you get ten points for not working. unemployed people make the best air-traffic controllers, this is demented but it s real. so did applicants who played a lot r of sports, they are reward too. by contrast applicants who said they know a great deal about aircraft control get a lot of points. trained pilots get two points. applicants who haven t worked it all, who have been unemployed for the past three years get ten points. pilots, two points. this is insane and it s dangerous. it s also indefensible. the response i m trying to find that out as well. not trying very hard, we haven t heard back with a real explanation and we won t because