"C J Campbell" wrote:
They build architecturally monstrous ATC facilities that don't work
right
from the day they are opened, have leaky roofs, cracks in the walls
and
floors, substandard plumbing, inadequate parking, and poor security.
The
moldy LA facility that they are complaining about is moldy because of
managerial negligence, not age.

The FAA budget should not only be cut, but much of the management
should be
brought up on charges for criminal dereliction of duty.

You could substitute "U. S. Military" for "FAA" in those statements with
perfect accuracy. I have plenty of experience as a contractor for both
and have found the military as bad a steward of public funds as the
FAA - and they have a lot more to spend. My favorite example is a big
pallet-load of new-in-the-box dot matrix printers still gathering dust
in a mechanical room at an Army base: it has overnight shipping labels
on it.

In case you don't find that depressing enough, let me tell you that NASA
is worse than both of them.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM