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Old 13th Dec 2007, 03:50
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Jetwhine
 
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Controllers pissed off?

<<<< Underlying the whole ATC delays/incursions stats are the fact that the controllers in the US are seriously pi$$ed-off right now at the FAA and the Gov. for imposing a 30% pay cut on them. The Dems realize this and are trying to pass legislation to force a re-opening of the contract, something which Bush has said he will veto (his administration is on a massive anti-employee purge in the aviation sector - a long-standing grudge between the GOP and aviation workers, and unionism in particular).>>>

I'm not a U.S. air traffic controller, but if I were I would be seriously pissed at this comment. But maybe I'm reading something in to this you didn't mean.

Are you trying to say that the number of close calls we're having here in the states is related to mistakes controllers are making because they're angry. That would cost them their job.

So what was your point exactly?

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