Tue, Jun 06, 2006
NATCA's Ruth Marlin On The FAA's Imposition Of An ATC
Contract
It's a scenario that
played out almost exactly the same way 25 years ago, when air
traffic controllers belonging to PATCO walked off the job... and
were promtly fired by President Ronald Reagan.
Now, as the deadline passes for talks between the FAA and its
controllers, Administrator Marion Blakey has done what she said
she'd do all along: unilaterally decided that controllers will have
to abide by the FAA's best, last offer. But it's one that
controllers say they're simply unable to live with... and one they
promise to continue fighting.
But will this stand with members of Congress who are lining up
for a vote on this issue Wednesday? And what about controllers,
especially those who promised to retire if this contract were
imposed upon them? ANN Senior Editor Pete Combs put these questions
to NATCA Executive Vice President Ruth Marlin, a controller at
Miami Center, who spoke with ANN from Washington
This feature is in addition to our daily news briefing --
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ANN Daily Touch N Go:
06.06.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
06.06.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- NATCA's Ruth
Marlin: 06.06.06 (ANN Special Feature, with NATCA
Executive Vice President Ruth Marlin on the FAA's imposition of a
new ATC contract.)
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