"American 432 Need you to hold another hour.."

smigaldi said:
Huh? That article had nothing to do with AA and having to hold.
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Add after the dots: "we have no controllers available at the moment, they are all working on Cash for Clunkers."
 
smigaldi said:
Well the tinfoil hat argument aside. The thread title is at best an unfounded allegation.
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I guess I should have said it takes a bit of reading between the lines AND an overactive imagination. Beyond that I will leave it alone since I don't see the pretty green borders.
 
Yeah...I got it

billions of dollars behind in paying "cash-for-clunkers" rebates, has hired private contractors and solicited volunteers from the Federal Aviation Administration and its own executive ranks to work overtime to clear the backlog.
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Well, *I* thought it was funny...
 
Greg Bockelman said:
What "I" thought was, "OMG, what a waste."
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Greg:

the scope of waste this ludicrous program represents is staggering. So many perfectly-viable vehicles being destroyed, and at taxpayer expense.

Stooooopid.
 
Rotor&Wing said:
Sorry you feel others here aren't allowed to show a little humor. I wasn't trying to make "an allegation".

Get your panties untwisted. Jeez.
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The U.S. Transportation Department, billions of dollars behind in paying "cash-for-clunkers" rebates, has hired private contractors and solicited volunteers from the Federal Aviation Administration and its own executive ranks to work overtime to clear the backlog.

Employees of the FAA's air-traffic-control unit were asked to help, but the Transportation Department stressed Friday that essential safety personnel were not diverted from their duties.
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It sounds like they are sending all the executives out to help so the reverse might be more accurate.

"American 432, you are cleared direct..."
 
SCCutler said:
Greg:

the scope of waste this ludicrous program represents is staggering. So many perfectly-viable vehicles being destroyed, and at taxpayer expense.

Stooooopid.
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We should have shipped the cars to Cuba. Updated their fleet. Upped our exports. Get a rebate and a box of Cuban cigars. :cheerswine:
 
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