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The shrug comes from not knowing what is really happening. I don't take ANYTHING that comes from the media or even the IG for gospel fact. The IG came into DFW once before and reinterpreted our rule book to call deals on things that the FAA said was fine... So, please don't get in a huff about my wait and see attitude. I would like the facts to come out before I get all worked up over it.
If something unsafe is going on then fine it needs to be fixed. But if not, then let's not jump to conclusions. New York just went through a witch hunt over things similar due to people being told that they would be fired if they didn't report problems, so they reported infractions by the letter of the law, they were then ridiculed for it as well as threatened. The FAA is doing things that seem to be posturing for the upcoming contract negotiations. It will indeed be interesting to see how this all plays out...
regards
Scott H. Voigt
NATCA Southwest Region
Safety and Technology Chairman
(not afraid to use my name <G>)