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Senate Passes Last-Ditch Bill to End Controller Furloughs
The U.S. Senate revived and passed a measure to end air-traffic controller furloughs as most members were flying home on recess, after four days of flight delays blamed on staffing shortages from budget cuts. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
ATC furloughs never should have been .... why not cut the salaries of Congress and the President until they can agree on things and get the deficit down .... They might be more inclined to come to agreement quicker if it were to hit their pocket .. ATC furloughs put the public safety at the bottom of the government ladder .. If it did anything .... Less ATC means less eyes watching the radar, tracking planes ... Putting passengers at risk ... Sure glad they woke up, before there were any accidents. Give them, more coffee and sugar .. In the tower.
IMO, the congress had an inkling (read, knew exactly) what was coming and let it be. Why! No crisis should go to waste, in politic speak, so why not appear the heroes and save the traveling public from the ravages of sequestration, which was created by who! You don't even need to be a conspiracy theorist to divine the motives and actions of this collection of pin heads. And I won't even mention the role of The Grand Poobah in all of this. He's been here in Dallas the last couple of days, virtually shutting down G.A. for hours at a time. Not to overlook the only region where their were no furloughs, D.C. Duh. The inmates are running the asylum.
Did any of You notice where the funds will come from? Quote...
"At the same time, the Washington-based Airports Council International-North America, an airport trade group, said its response to the legislation was “bittersweet.”
“We are very disappointed that the Airport Improvement Program was used to pay for this fix, as these funds were paid by passengers to maintain and enhance airport runways and taxiways, not fund FAA operations,” said David Edwards, chief executive officer of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District in South Carolina and chairman of the trade group."
I would be a pay-check that these $$$$s will NEVER be returned to the airport improvement fund. So for short term pain relief we will suffer deeper ills in air transportation system for the long term.
To paraphrase President Reagan's famous scarcastic quote: "I'm from the Congress and here to help"
"At the same time, the Washington-based Airports Council International-North America, an airport trade group, said its response to the legislation was “bittersweet.”
“We are very disappointed that the Airport Improvement Program was used to pay for this fix, as these funds were paid by passengers to maintain and enhance airport runways and taxiways, not fund FAA operations,” said David Edwards, chief executive officer of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District in South Carolina and chairman of the trade group."
I would be a pay-check that these $$$$s will NEVER be returned to the airport improvement fund. So for short term pain relief we will suffer deeper ills in air transportation system for the long term.
To paraphrase President Reagan's famous scarcastic quote: "I'm from the Congress and here to help"
I would be willing to bet that the AIP program has run a surplus which was syphoned off to the general cess pool. Any takers?
You all need to watch "House of Cards"...season one available on Netflix...
Remember back when Sequestration was created, in effect kicking the can down the road?
Well, it just got another kick.
Well, it just got another kick.