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Old September 5th 06, 12:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jay Honeck
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Default NATCA Going Down in Flames

Some will do that. It will be the best and most experienced. Those that
remain will all be wearing pants. Do you think that is a net positive?


This is the same argument that we all tried to use against privatizing
Flight Service.

Surprise! After the dust settled, it turned out that the "most
experienced" briefers -- the ones who retired -- were actually the
deadwood in the organization, and (in the short term, until they start
charging per-call) we're better off with Lockheed-Martins' version of
FSS. Call performance is better, briefers are better trained, with
better equipment, and getting a weather briefing is a more positive
experience for pilots.

There are almost 300 million people in this country. No one is
irreplaceable. No one.

I sure wish you guys would learn that lesson, and keep quiet about this
silly dress code issue. Privatization is NOT going to be good for GA.
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Jay Honeck
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