Bush Wants To Cut FAA Budget

"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

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"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.

It amazes me what the government spends to furnish a single office. Most
businesses make do with second hand furniture or sale items, or they get
discount furniture from the big box stores. Few businesses can afford to
furnish their offices as if they were sets for big budget Hollywood films
about high powered law firms. Yet the feds manage to spend far more than the
Hollywood standard on stuff that I wouldn't impose on my dog.

If they were private employers, they would have been sued out of business
years ago for the way they treat their employees. The only federal employees
I have ever met that seemed to be happy with their working conditions were,
oddly enough, from the IRS. But then, I haven't dealt with the IRS in
several years, so things may be different now.

"C J Campbell" wrote:
If they were private employers, they would have been sued out of business
years ago for the way they treat their employees.

My father was a career U. S. Post Office employee, from letter carrier to
management, and I believe the failure of his health was largely due to what
a horrible place the P. O. was to work. It was characterized by a
malignantly hateful relationship between management and labor that polluted
the entire organization. Judging by events since it became the
semi-autonomous "U. S. Postal Service," it's no better now.

The only federal employees
I have ever met that seemed to be happy with their working conditions
were,
oddly enough, from the IRS.

I've never been around any except air traffic controllers; the ones I've met
seem to love their jobs.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

The only federal employees
I have ever met that seemed to be happy with their working conditions
were,
oddly enough, from the IRS.

I've never been around any except air traffic controllers; the ones I've
met
seem to love their jobs.

I have a couple relatives in the IRS. Family reunions are odd -- the CPAs
and the IRS guys will stand there on the riverbank, fishing, and arguing
about taxes. Working for the IRS appeals to a certain analytical type of
person.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

"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.
--
They sell surplus parts at aution then buy them back as long as there in the
origanel packaging.
Dan
C172RG at BFM