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Old 17th Oct 2004, 19:38
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I was a blind air traffic controller

http://www.flight592.com/Flight592Di...0/000004ea.htm
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Old 17th Oct 2004, 20:56
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The latest episode in an on-going serial.
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I was a blind air traffic controller

I have posted here before. Many have called me a "Nutter".

But I represent several other FAA, DOT, NTSB, and FBI whistleblowers. We are not nutters. It is common for the reader who doesn't care for our allegations to jump to conclusions and attack us.

It has started already, even before the responding person could have possibly read the material.

For those of you who are too lazy to follow the links and take the time to read the material, here is the link to my rejection letter from the FAA from 1974.....

http://users.sdccu.net/chickenlittle...5204-10-75.htm

Maybe some of you will say it's a forgery! But I was hired twice by the FAA when they knew I couldn't see.

So go ahead and attack me. Maybe someone would like to attack Mary Dieferderfer or Rodney Stich. Here's Rodney's site...

If Rodney wants to advertise his commercial site .. he can take out an advert ..... PPRuNe Radar

They were both pilots and FAA lead inspectors for Alaska and United airlines respectively with identical stories some 30 years apart.
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Old 18th Oct 2004, 09:56
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<<But I was hired twice by the FAA when they knew I couldn't see.>>

YOU therefore show a degree of irresponsibility which I find hard to come to terms with.
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Heathrow Director,

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YOU therefore show a degree of irresponsibility which I find hard to come to terms with.

Well, how can you come to terms with the degree or irresponsibility exhibitted by over half of my co-workers I saw using alcohol and drugs on the job.

I would only go blind occaisionally, but I saw controllers working drunk or stoned just about every week. How responsible is that?

I suppose you are going to tell me you never smelled booze on any of your co-workers. I lived in London for 5 years in my youth and I saw all sorts of people in all career fields hammered on the job. It's not just us Americans who do it.

In case you missed it, here's the cartoon off my site. Put it on your desktop and pass it around to your mates...

http://users.sdccu.net/chickenlittle...That%20Guy.jpg
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Old 18th Oct 2004, 23:08
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It has started already, even before the responding person could have possibly read the material
The inaccuraties begin here and accusations continue. You have posted this on so many web sites in the past that I don't have to read it again, Nothing has changed. What do you hope to acheive by this? The people you are attacking are those you should be trying to win over to your side.
Come back with something new and maybe we will listen, until then this is only a rehash of old news
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Old 19th Oct 2004, 02:59
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Cool

Yeah, he saw it all in his demented mind... Saw it with sightless eyes he did <sigh>... Considering all of the things in place to catch folks who "do" take drugs or drink, you don't last very long. As to the physical aspect, the regional flight surgeons are even tougher on controllers than they are on pilots...
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Old 19th Oct 2004, 09:13
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I would only go blind occaisionally,
Oh well that;s ok then... can't believe that they sacked you over a litle problem like that.....
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Old 19th Oct 2004, 09:21
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What's going on here?

What is the story behind all that stuff?

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Come on guys, he's got a cartoon...it must be true!!!


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