I don’t know why you journalists/reporters keep on trying like this knowing full-well nothing good can result from us openly speaking to the media. No, none of us would trust any of you for one hot second to maintain our anonymity and most of us are FAA or DoD employees, if not contractors for such. It’s a very slippery slope to express our own opinions without it being spun into a statement on our employing agency’s behalf. If you want a statement I’ll give you the number to Public Affairs. Give me one good reason why we would want to potentially risk our entire career for your next breaking story…?
Slope isnt sticky. From what I have been told, it's a cliff. Rumor is the FAA was checking with NATCA to see who and what interviews we authorized.
The article makes it sound like everyone at the academy quit but I don't know how many were in which state of training. I know of at least one guy in training did simply quit and move back home.
The article makes it sound like everyone at the academy quit but I don't know how many were in which state of training. I know of at least one guy in training did simply quit and move back home.
I'm wondering if it's including trainees at their facility and not just the academy.
Did they actually pass the bill or did it just pass the committee?
Just passed committee. This one draws funds from the revolving insurance fund, there’s another bill floating out there that would draw from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Doubt either passes though, I can’t see either side giving up the rope in this dumbass tug of war.
Just passed committee. This one draws funds from the revolving insurance fund, there’s another bill floating out there that would draw from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Doubt either passes though, I can’t see either side giving up the rope in this dumbass tug of war.
If this passes then how can we be the leverage for afl cio
Just passed committee. This one draws funds from the revolving insurance fund, there’s another bill floating out there that would draw from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Doubt either passes though, I can’t see either side giving up the rope in this dumbass tug of war.
Devil's advocate-
This is a broader plan to find us a source of pay.
ONCE this settles there will be a provision exempting us from furlough to prevent leave, since there's a source of funding now.
i dont understand why they don't just pay us through the shutdown, that way neither side has the bargaining chip.
It’s really sketchy for the government to just pick and choose which services and agencies they want to pay for. Then leaving the ones that are supposed to exist by law without any funding. All or nothing is the only way for accountability.
It’s really sketchy for the government to just pick and choose which services and agencies they want to pay for. Then leaving the ones that are supposed to exist by law without any funding. All or nothing is the only way for accountability.
This admin has figured out the code to making the shutdowns not hurt so much, so it’s easier to shut it down as a tactic. you simply redefine who is excepted and who isn’t and you use money from under the couch cushions to fund things they like or need to keep them from “hurting”, like the academy and military paychecks. An unprecedented 80% of the faa was working during this last shutdown. It was longer but the only ones who were really hurt were us, the ones working without paychecks, because so many things were still basically business as usual.
Minimizing this kind of disruption prevents the public from getting mad and demanding action. The public doesn’t really care if were get paid or not, as long as we keep working. Only when the public is significantly inconvenienced will they notice and care.
Notice after this shutdown, you didn’t really have the blame game going back and forth. Nothing important really stopped so there’s not much blame to be had
This admin has figured out the code to making the shutdown not hurt so much, so it’s easier to shut it down as a tactic. you simply redefine who is excepted and who isn’t and you use money from under the couch cushions to fund things to keep them from “hurting” like the academy and military paychecks. 80% of the faa was working during this last shutdown. It was longer but the only ones who hurt were us, the ones working paychecks, becuase many things were still business as usual
Minimizing disruption prevents the public from getting mad and demanding action. They don’t care if we get paid or not, as long as we keep working