Government Shutdown - March Edition

DankVectorz said:

Minimum. I’ll come in for 2 hours holdover ot and then bang the rest of the day too.

Sorry cant stay for holdover I'm just here so I dont get a sick letter

Since NATCA doesn’t seem to be providing any updates, does anyone have a status report on where things stand? The potential shutdown is 2 weeks away and the only reports I’ve seen is that congress is debating some 3-bill spending package that funds the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, and a few others, but I've seen no mention of Transportation at all. We going to be left out to dry again?

It’d be nice is the Union could send something out other than advertisements for NATCA in Washington or ads for the disability insurance to let people know what the fuck is going on.

Tangent topic, still haven’t heard anything firm from NATCA about the OJTI premium re-signing too, just that there was a “verbal agreement” it would be re-upped.

Homsar said:

Tangent topic, still haven’t heard anything firm from NATCA about the OJTI premium re-signing too, just that there was a “verbal agreement” it would be re-upped.

Correct, and that was 2 weeks ago. I believe that was the same update where Nick also insisted the 3.8% pay raise was still “in play” as well. Since then? Crickets. Per the usual.

Homsar said:

Tangent topic, still haven’t heard anything firm from NATCA about the OJTI premium re-signing too, just that there was a “verbal agreement” it would be re-upped.

Please get these negative voices out of my thread

ClearanceClarence said:

Since NATCA doesn’t seem to be providing any updates, does anyone have a status report on where things stand? The potential shutdown is 2 weeks away and the only reports I’ve seen is that congress is debating some 3-bill spending package that funds the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, and a few others, but I've seen no mention of Transportation at all. We going to be left out to dry again?

It’d be nice is the Union could send something out other than advertisements for NATCA in Washington or ads for the disability insurance to let people know what the fuck is going on.

Sign up for UNUM with referral code Nick and we will give you an update

ClearanceClarence said:

Since NATCA doesn’t seem to be providing any updates, does anyone have a status report on where things stand? The potential shutdown is 2 weeks away and the only reports I’ve seen is that congress is debating some 3-bill spending package that funds the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, and a few others, but I've seen no mention of Transportation at all. We going to be left out to dry again?

It’d be nice is the Union could send something out other than advertisements for NATCA in Washington or ads for the disability insurance to let people know what the fuck is going on.

What's next demand we all get paid on time and not have to review every pay stub when there is an issue?

25% chance of shutdown

Anyone know the outcome of the Pickleball Tournament?

32andBelow said:

Sign up for UNUM with referral code Nick and we will give you an update

Who the hell buys that when medical retirement is a thing?

KP-ATC said:

Who the hell buys that when medical retirement is a thing?

I wouldn’t be surprised if NATCA got some kind of kickbacks from selling those policies so hard. They’ve included an UNAM advertisement in almost every single email since mid-November, and they’ve extended the “deadline” like 4 times. They don’t push any other benefit as hard as they do this.

ClearanceClarence said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if NATCA got some kind of kickbacks from selling those policies so hard. They’ve included an UNAM advertisement in almost every single email since mid-November, and they’ve extended the “deadline” like 4 times. They don’t push any other benefit as hard as they do this.

It's also a pain to get these long-term disability plans to actually pay out. And then if your ATM offers essentially unlimited admin time why would you pay for this?

Gauff said:

It's also a pain to get these long-term disability plans to actually pay out. And then if your ATM offers essentially unlimited admin time why would you pay for this?

This. The FAA lets you update binders for a year if you lose your medical

GroundClutter said:

Anyone know the outcome of the Pickleball Tournament?

Yeah, we lost

Gauff said:

It's also a pain to get these long-term disability plans to actually pay out. And then if your ATM offers essentially unlimited admin time why would you pay for this?

Exactly, it has scam written all over it. If someone is really having medical issues, there are so many layers of possible options. Sick leave, advance sick leave, leave donations, admin duties, and if all else fails, medical retirement. What the fuck is the point of paying hundreds of dollars a year for “insurance” that MIGHT pay out 50% of your salary (or a max of $5000/month) for awhile? And even if you can get a claim approved, you have to wait a minimum of 90 or 180 days before they even begin to pay! What the fuck is the point??

Again, it’d be really interesting to know the reason NATCA’s pushing this scam coverage in our faces so aggressively. They have to be profiting from this somehow.

Slight uptick over greenland tariffs and ice.
FAA still NOT funded, but other areas have been

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There won’t be a shutdown. See now it’s an election year. There’s like 1 year of or the 4 when anything can actually happen now.

32andBelow said:

There won’t be a shutdown. See now it’s an election year. There’s like 1 year of or the 4 when anything can actually happen now.

While that's true I wouldn't hold my breath. They wouldn't be asking the guard guys if they wanna support the FAA for no reason

32andBelow said:

There won’t be a shutdown. See now it’s an election year. There’s like 1 year of or the 4 when anything can actually happen now.

Put the money in then

Gauff said:

While that's true I wouldn't hold my breath. They wouldn't be asking the guard guys if they wanna support the FAA for no reason

From last time or something new?

Phillytroll69 said:

Put the money in then

I will never smack talk you again