On: Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows

[nradov]

Which pilots? Rookie controllers already get paid more per hour than most general aviation flight instructors, or first officers in regional airlines. Pay for captains at major airlines is quite good, but few pilots ever reach that level.

[RandomBacon → nradov]

United Airlines alone has around 15,000 pilots, about the same number of FAA ATC.

So those pilots. Even their new pilots (First Officers) make more per hour than ATC.

(ATC here, opinions are my own and not that of the FAA.)