"However, the appellant's disclosures were a thorn in Mr. Masterson's side"

One of my favorite lines from the Merit Systems Protection Board's decision dated December 22, 2009 is this little quote by Judge Ruggiero.

"However, the appellant's disclosures were a thorn in Mr. Masterson's side"

Thank you Judge, but I was thinking I was more of a pain in his ass. The truth really hurts. This guy ran the air traffic facility at Newark Airport into the ground. during his tenure, he allowed thousands of unsafe operations to happen and when near-collisions happened, he denied there was any problem at all.

In my opinion, what he did was reckless endangerment of the flying public. Too bad there isn't a way we can lock this guy up in prison to keep him from harming anyone else.

Since we don't have any way to prosecute him criminally, we have to settle for the next best way to keep him from endangering the public again. FIRE ED MASTERSON FROM THE FAA.

THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD RULED THAT ED MASTERSON VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW. HE STILL WORKS FOR THE FAA.