flyersfan31
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http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_4604717
I'm a little confused bythe article, saying now Denver tower controllers have to take vacation to get out of the tower. I assume the 8.5hr workday is a 9hr day, less .5hr unpaid lunch time. That's not unusual. I don't get the tower lockdown thing though. Can't they scoot out during their unpaid lunchtime and get food? Doesn't leave much time to buy, eat, and return, but lots of people are in that situation. It does seem unreasonable that they can't even brown bag it, since the TSA won't let stuff past the checkpoints.
The FAA seems a bit like the USPS - lots of nitpicky rules for the employees and no leeway for common sense or judgement.
I don't know enough about the situation either way, but I thought this was kind of a bizarre story.
I'm a little confused bythe article, saying now Denver tower controllers have to take vacation to get out of the tower. I assume the 8.5hr workday is a 9hr day, less .5hr unpaid lunch time. That's not unusual. I don't get the tower lockdown thing though. Can't they scoot out during their unpaid lunchtime and get food? Doesn't leave much time to buy, eat, and return, but lots of people are in that situation. It does seem unreasonable that they can't even brown bag it, since the TSA won't let stuff past the checkpoints.
The FAA seems a bit like the USPS - lots of nitpicky rules for the employees and no leeway for common sense or judgement.
I don't know enough about the situation either way, but I thought this was kind of a bizarre story.