"kage" wrote in message
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And remember, they are just government employees. Their level of
competence and flexibility never did recover from the strike.

Having spent time in both government and private sector jobs, I can attest
that there are large numbers of incompetent people employed in both sectors.
Government employees are no more likely to be incompetent than
non-government employees.

Furthermore, having spent a fair amount of time dealing with ATC, I can
attest that there are numerous controllers who are both competent and
flexible, to a high degree.

Pete