I don't agree with some of the people here making personal attacks. Namecalling doesn't help anyone, least of all us. We should speak in a manner more conducive to genuine discussion, because real inter-personal communication is the only way we're going to do anything on this site besides waste time arguing.
You bring up a good point Squawk, the public indifference on the part of the union is not helpful for our case. There have been so many unfortunate occurrences in the past few months alone that we should really talk about in the public space, "rally around the flag" and promote a course of action which could result in needed reforms. I really feel that there could be a lot more PR done by these highly paid professionals.
"The FAA did not reply to NPR's question about the agreement, and the union did not reply to multiple requests to comment."
Meanwhile, this is the communication from the DoT boss that gets headlines in a scenario where it appears he did not want to generate headlines.
“That’s not true,” Duffy said, then said: “It’s partially true.” “With all the delays at Newark — my wife had to do an event and she was in the city of New York, and so I did — I moved her from Newark to LaGuardia not for safety but because I needed her flight to fly. She had to get there,” Duffy said.
"When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property, and justly liable to the inspection and vigilance of public opinion."
