On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:00:36 -0500, Peterpan
wrote in ::

But, the bubble burst when an innocent child loudly exclaimed, for the
whole kingdom to hear, that the Emperor had nothing on at all.

You're talking about the Southern Reign, but look what's happening in
NY:

ERROR REPORTS (AND DRAMA) UP AT NEW YORK TRACON...
Union leaders and politicians say a cut in overtime at the New York
Terminal Radar Approach Control center has mushroomed the rate of
operational errors (19 in the last month compared to 24 in the
previous year) and they're urging the FAA to relax the restrictions.
But it's also worth noting that the errors have, according to The New
York Times, been reported through an anonymous tips line that roared
to life after the apparently unpopular manager of the TRACON put a
tighter lid on overtime on Jan. 12 and, as AVweb told you Jan. 13, 15
controllers were fired for alleged discrepancies in their medical
records. In fact, the 226 controllers at the TRACON signed a Feb. 3
letter saying the manager had embarked "on a reckless mission" by
reducing controller strength when traffic is increasing, according to
the Times.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#189202

....SENATORS JOIN THE FRAY...
Now, Senators Hilary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer have jumped
into the fray, writing a letter to the FAA pointing out that the
agency has pledged to cut flights if it can't properly staff its
control facilities. "It is imperative that our air traffic control
facilities are adequately staffed," Clinton said in a statement
released Wednesday. They claim the new overtime policy has not only
increased errors, but "congested frequencies," and suspended training.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#189203

....NIGHT TOWER-CLOSURE PLAN PROCEEDS
At the opposite end of the capacity debate, the FAA is pushing ahead
with plans to close up to 48 towers for five to eight hours late at
night and early in the morning when it says controllers have little or
nothing to control. As AVweb told you in December, the agency wants to
reallocate the resources to busier times (or busier towers). FAA
spokesman William Shumann told The Washington Times the agency won't
reveal the final list until the House Appropriations Committee's
Subcommittee on Transportation, the Treasury and independent agencies
hold a hearing on its budget.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#189204