Flight delays spread amid controller staffing issues as shutdown drags on — POLITICO
Staffing-related delays were starting to show up at airports in Nashville and Chicago on Tuesday evening, with more expected.
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Here’s what they’re not telling you! Like I’ve told you before the union (NATCA) is very left-wing liberal. During a shutdown, all leaves are cancelled but management can stop them from from not coming in. Why, because once the furlough is over ANY days they took is paid and they are charged furlough leave and not annual or sick leave! So they call in knowing they don’t loose any annual or sick leave, get paid! This was a problem after the last furlough that lasted 38 days, why because they got all their leaves charged to the furlough, we had guys with use or loose leaves at the end of the year which caused management to use overtime all over the country to ensure the controllers didn’t loose leave. The union encourages their members to call in and most controllers take at least one day a week during the furlough, plus any leave they had scheduled.
BTW, this generation of controllers don’t give a damn about flights being cancelled or take pride in their job, like everything else it’s all about them, period!
