Hey...it's Friday PM, a good-looking soaring weekend beckons, I'm still
feeling this morning's oats, have yet to file my taxes, and my
scathing-gene has been freshly irritated (guess how?)...

While we're playing the Blame Game vis-a-vis 'our' - apologies in
advance to non-U.S. readers - new transponder play code, since no one
else has yet stated the obvious, allow me!

'The usual suspects' (i.e. our volunteer activists within our SSA) have
been identified, roundly and presumably satisfyingly skewered, so no
need to risk a 'piling on' penalty. But why stop there? What about
fellow contributors...and by contributors, I mean the legions of
nameless, faceless, W-E-L-L P-A-I-D (by Y/OUR tax dollars)
white-collar-welfare-bureaucrats within the FAA who are no less culpable
in..., "Whut we have heah, is FAILya to comMYOONicate!"

Who shall we hold to a higher standard...volunteers or paid public
employees? (Not a trick question...)

There...I feel much better, now.

Bob - the most common form of communication is MIScommunication - W.

P.S. My next, wholly actionable step is to fire all the volunteers;
surely that'll fix everything. Howzabout some volunteer help identifying
the culprits?