Bob McCarty Writes

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.”

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