All,
It’s going to be a busy week for EK and me. EK is wrapped up in the whole Hudson River crash task force and I have some friends to visit on Capitol Hill. I will also be providing Eddie some moral support as he will be in the hot seat, testifying before the Senate and House Aviation subcommittees about the FAA Hudson River Task Force recommendations. We also have a high level meeting with the Department of Transportation Inspector General’s investigator working the EWR safety problems and the #3 guy in ATO-Safety. I’m cautiously optimistic about this meeting although this might just be a move by FAA to placate us, but at least our ideas are moving up the chain and they can’t say they didn’t know.
Eddie Kragh deserves a BIG - no - HUGE pat on the back for all of his work as NATCA’s representative to the task force. He is ensuring that we don’t get the shaft by FAA or any other organization. I think the recommendations that came out of it are reasonable and at this point I don’t foresee a big problem for us. I hope I’m right but we are dealing with the FAA here….Please thank Eddie the next time you see him. He is still a tireless advocate for all of us and our profession. Thank you Eddie!
We will both be back in town on Thursday and as always you can reach me on my cell or via email.
Don’t let management wreck the place while we’re gone. Please hold our “superiors” (hahahahaha!)accountable by letting me know about their misdeeds or other basic abuses of supervisory authority. We all know who the culprits are there.
In the immortal words of the Terminator, “I’ll be back”. Please insert your best Arnold accent.
Fraternally,
Ray
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