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16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Elections! · 0 replies · +2 points

I'm voting yes.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Vindication · 0 replies · +1 points

"But the bigger point is this: The FAA's actions, and the political ideology that lie behind those actions, have been exposed as a fraud and a failure. What they did was flat-out WRONG and to call the White Book any kind of "contract" or "agreement" is plainly a lie."

Exposed, but not a fraud (or a failure) Paul to those that hold and practice these views. And "lying", Blakey's forte, was one of the reasons she got the FAA job. Ask any FAA manager, or Blakey herself if they think what they did was wrong....you know what the answer will be.

The last few posters got it right. NATCA needs legislation to preclude the next POTUS who holds the ideology you described from doing what Bush did to this union and this profession.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Vindication · 1 reply · +2 points

I know what controllers would have gotten with McCain....more of the Bush Blakey same. No thank you !

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Vindication · 0 replies · +2 points

Lavey was the poster boy, chief drum beater and antagonist for Blakey and this imposed debacle of the last three years.

You'll recall as late as February of this year, Lavey admonishing Ray Lahood at an FAA townhall, not to "give away the store" and that we (FAA management) had "bought labor peace in the 90s". After he reminded us he was a lifelong Democrat, from a union family, 70 years old and a 40 year FAA employee (yawn).

Lavey is also representative of the arrogance of FAA management and the excess that we saw in beating the work force and the unions down at FAA.

Many of them were gleeful as they imposed the Bush Blakey "vision" on NATCA and the other BUs. And they were certainly rewarded for it, full pay raises, bonuses, TDY, per diem and travel. In Lavey's case, his lofty title and the ability to take time off from "work" to caterwaul at Ray Lahood.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - You Don't Deserve... · 0 replies · +3 points

FAA, more specifically the ATO, has been using the money Snakey siphoned out of controller's pockets to feather their own nests and build their empires. I'm not sure how many "managers" it takes to run my facility, but apparently were not there yet. Career progression for it's own sake is justification enough to create one superfluous management position after another.____In fact, I've been told FAA is so flush with ops cash, they actually tried to transfer ops monies to the F and E side of the house the last few years, to buy Nextgen gear (i.e. send money to AIA companies that Snakey now whores for) . But the culprits weren't smart enough to come up with the necessary accounting slight of hand to fool Congress.____Snakey gamed the FAA for her own personal aims and in her quest to bust every FAA union, gave management the keys to the kingdom and a green light to tee of on controllers and NATCA.____The arrogance of the "higher skill set" knows no bounds. A ratified CBA and a fair pay deal are the next step to restoring some balance. But the question is, where does Babbitt take us after that ?

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Mismanagement of ATC, ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Poole is primarily concerned with directing billion plus dollar projects at the military industrial complex (IOW the companies Blakey whores for at AIA) Companies that also happen to provide ATC equipment, software and services.

He's never met a federal union he didn't want to bust or a federal employee he didn't want to contract out and steal his or her pension.

He does fancy himself a controller and usually tries to talk over people's heads.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - August 3rd... · 0 replies · +1 points

They may go to Chi town, they may not. Once the arbitrators drop their pay decision on them, FAA is going to have to find the money to pay controllers.

You're probably right, they'll pull the money out of their a**, just like they always do.

Screw it, (we'll) ratify the contract, fix the pay, and eventually achieve enough staffing so controllers can run the traffic safely, and get adequate breaks and AL. Beyond that, I really couldn't care less what the "higher skill set" does......which is mostly mastubatory career ladder climbing, their circle jerks where they check each other for ticks and "network", and other self aggrandizing activities.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - August 3rd... · 0 replies · +2 points

Hopefully Trish (and Ruth) can work to make NATCA's contract negotiations, less of a political football in the future. Regardless of which party controls the WH.

The Labor and worker haters, over at the WSJ op ed page, we're all a tizzy three years ago when Snakey was in the process of imposing her work and pay rules and Steve Latourette (R OH 14) was trying to fight her (God bless him) along with almost every House Democrat and about 60 House Republicans. What would Ronald Reagan have done, they thundered. NATCA and PATCO were the same union to hear one of them tell it.

I suspect there will be very little in the way of partisan drum beating from the fringe right this time around....too busy slamming the cash for clunkers, Sotomayor and Obama-care to notice. And certainly no multi million dollar expenditure by FAA to fly all of their managers out to St Louis over a three week period to brief them on the white book "contract".

Anybody seen Bruce Johnson ?

LOL

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - Our Pal Marion · 0 replies · +1 points

Blakey was and is a political and money whore, and a far right wing ideologue.
The fact that she will spin any tale, tell any lie, speak any half truth or distortion, to advance her personal/professional agenda, is nothing to be respected or admired in my view.

Having had more than one opportunity to catch her "act" up close and personal at a few NATCA events she attended EARLY in her tenure at FAA, I can tell you, she's a cold hearted humorless bitch and a truly ugly woman.

That the likes of that craven ass smoocher Jerry Lavey, tweeted her praises from his perch at FAA, should be proof enough.

16 years ago @ The FAA Follies - FSS coming home? · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree, Lochmart will get their money and the first five years of the contract. It's the second five years I'm curious about.

Snakey got what she wanted, her job at AIA and a high six figure job plus several hundred federal employees screwed out of everything they worked for, to include pension.

Not as bad for controllers, but by my calculations between the base pay ripoff, lower differentials to include CIP, lower TSP contributions/missed earnings and a lower pension annuity, I figure the hatchet face stole 250K out of my pocket in salary and future retirement income.

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