Congress....FAA......NATCA.....sound familiar?

In a recent article (these pieces from the St. Louis Post Dispatch) on NATCA and the FAA :
The union estimates that one-quarter of the work force would retire next year under the new contract and that by 2008 more than half - 7,300 controllers - would quit, leaving remaining workers the air traffic control system understaffed. It takes three to five years to fully train new controllers, Rosenthal said, and the two-tier pay system would lower the caliber of future hires.

My view......See ya.
Talk about a threat.
The FAA has the chance to pick up the FSS folks they SCREWED. Let them (CURRENT CONTROLLERS) retire. We'll step right in. Did it during the PATCO strike, along with military controllers. The world didn't stop revolving.

A NATCA spokesman then goes on to say...

..... that because of complex formulas involving different locations around the country and varying volumes of air traffic, 97 percent of controllers would see no raise in base pay. As a result, their pensions will be diminished if they continue to work, he said. Moreover, controllers' average salary without benefits is presently $113,000 and already declining as senior employees leave, according to the union.


Diminished Pensions.........imagine that. Over 75 % of FSS controllers L O S T their E N T I R E pension. Stop bitchin. Do your job. Lockheed Martin is watching you!

Give us a break already......your starting to sound like PETA.

Oh yea....and try to stay awake on position.

Former NATCA supporter.

(Edited 6/2/06)