Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Bringing in over 30 people isn't a quick-fix solution. There's no guarantee anybody will check out and be certified. Giving new people $100,000 bonuses while the people doing the work day in and day out, year after year are getting their brains kicked in is just a slap in the face."

Source: Barrett Barnes, an official with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association who works the tower at JFK. A New York Post article Monday called attention to a recent FAA incentive package, offering $100,000 bonuses to lure new controllers to New York, to staff five area radar centers that monitor some of the busiest airspace in the country... and, are severely understaffed. That offer reportedly lured 30 new hires to the New York area... but according to the tabloid, some of those new hires are coming straight out of their senior years in high school, or not far removed from it.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.natca.org