FAA to controllers: "suck it up, or find another job"

[TangoWhiskey]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/02/25/faa-a-rogue-agency/

Teaser:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is telling air traffic controllers who speak out about safety conditions to get another job.

Last week, Don Chapman from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) told reporters that newly implemented changes in air space rules around the Philadelphia area had controllers concerned about safety and the added pressure on already overworked air traffic controllers. Chapman, NATCA’s Philadelphia facility representative, also noted the changes had been made without any input from the controllers.

When Delaware County Daily Times asked the FAA for a comment, agency spokesman Jim Peters told the paper:

If any controller at the Philadelphia Airport believes that these procedures are unsafe, they should look for work elsewhere.…If they don’t like working for FAA, they should reconsider their line of work.

 

[mikea]

The FAA chases the controllers. The airlines and DHS seek to shutdown GA so they have no airline pilots. The TSA seeks to chase away airline passengers.

Should be good for all concerned.

At some point maybe congresscritters can pass a mandatory airline draft bill. Kids will be drafted to become controllers and airline pilots and citizens will have to take a minimum number of airline trips each year.