Jay Honeck
Touchdown! Greaser!
I have always held OSH controllers (who proudly wore the coveted "pink shirt", denoting them as controllers of the busiest airspace in the world) in the highest regard.
I have always been told that these men and women were "volunteers" who "competed for the right" to work OSH.
Imagine my disgust when I discovered that these "volunteers" were nothing but overpaid bureaucrats at our convention. The only thing they were "volunteering" to do was to suck overtime pay in excess of $80/hour.
Imagine my dismay to discover that they are now fleecing EAA for nearly half a million bucks, to cover the expense of these charlatan "volunteers".
http://www.eaa.org/news/2013/2013-06-13_no-good-options-in-FAA-ATC-demands.asp
After 31 years at Oshkosh, pink shirts had better steer clear of me, lest they get an earful of truth. Those shirts will now be nothing but an easy way to mark those who are worthy of our scorn.
Oh, and the FSS people in the North 40? Sorry, you've been replaced by my tablet. Stay home. We don't need you, and EAA can't afford you.
Before the predictable cries of "blame the politicians", answer me this: What's stopping these people from REALLY volunteering? You know, like the thousands of other people who make Oshkosh work? I suppose they're too good for that, eh?
I have always been told that these men and women were "volunteers" who "competed for the right" to work OSH.
Imagine my disgust when I discovered that these "volunteers" were nothing but overpaid bureaucrats at our convention. The only thing they were "volunteering" to do was to suck overtime pay in excess of $80/hour.
Imagine my dismay to discover that they are now fleecing EAA for nearly half a million bucks, to cover the expense of these charlatan "volunteers".
http://www.eaa.org/news/2013/2013-06-13_no-good-options-in-FAA-ATC-demands.asp
After 31 years at Oshkosh, pink shirts had better steer clear of me, lest they get an earful of truth. Those shirts will now be nothing but an easy way to mark those who are worthy of our scorn.
Oh, and the FSS people in the North 40? Sorry, you've been replaced by my tablet. Stay home. We don't need you, and EAA can't afford you.
Before the predictable cries of "blame the politicians", answer me this: What's stopping these people from REALLY volunteering? You know, like the thousands of other people who make Oshkosh work? I suppose they're too good for that, eh?