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Another one? Come on. If a bunch of your colleagues have been getting in trouble for goofing off on the job, you would want to clean up your own act.

The FAA had to suspend (a bit too soft in my opinion) yet another air traffic idiot over the weekend. This clown was watching a DVD while working. Even funnier ( if you want to call it that) was he accidentally left the mic in the transmit position so that all of the pilots in the area could hear the movie, but none of them could transmit to the tower.

Obviously we have a problem in our air traffic control towers. It seems that everytime one of these folks gets caught, the FAA tells us that all is well and the problem is under control. And then Bammo!, another one bites the dust. Makes me want to go out and fly this week. Too late, already flew. Scary.

For one thing, the whole suspending of the worker is stupid. Firing without any recourse is the only way to go. These morons have lives at stake when they work. When they screw up people can die or get severely hurt.

Right now I am truly not sure about the brainpower therein. They are truly in a class by themselves.

Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him?

Paul Walker
Equity Fifty Five Realty, LLC - Scott AFB, IL
Scott AFB IL Area Realtor

One strike and you are out! This needs to be dealt with seriously and these air trafic controlers need to know right now, that there is a no tolerance on this issue. Too many lives are at stake.

Apr 19, 2011 06:14 AM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

I was in Hawaii during the PATCO incident and the threat of an air traffic control slow or stoppage would have crippled the tourist economy of the entire state.  Reagan was RIGHT to do what he did and the FAA needs Fred Thompson to Kick Some A--!

Apr 19, 2011 08:45 PM
Rob Arnold
Sand Dollar Realty Group, Inc. - Altamonte Springs, FL
Metro Orlando Full Service - Investor Friendly & F

We can't fire them.  They have protected union jobs.  If the stoires were not so scary, it would almost be comical.

Apr 20, 2011 01:05 AM
Karl Hess
Keller Williams Shore Properties - Barnegat, NJ
on The Jersey Shore

These reported lapses in judgement are unacceptable, but lets not forget we have the busiest AND safest ATC system in the world...a few bad apples.  Though what chromosomes have to do with it, I have no idea. 

The problem with the public perception of ATC is that that most folks have no clue as to how it all works, thus any 'bad press' (which seems to ALWAYS miss-report incidents) is compounded by that public ignorance...

Apr 20, 2011 02:29 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

That is a very hard and demanding job. When I fly I try to get along with the controllers unless they give me a hard time then I throw it back in their face.

Personally I would not be a controller.

Apr 20, 2011 05:57 AM
Jon Budish
Resident Realty - Fort Collins, CO

Unmotivated,lazy,irresponsible,government employees? Tell me it isn't so! At least we can rest assured,we the taxpayers can pay for their retirement so they can sustain their $100k/yr (including benefits) lifestyle.

Apr 23, 2011 02:10 AM