I cringed there for a second. One of the female controllers is on the web - no I won't tell you where. And to say it's been causing all sorts of problems is an understatement ...

So now I have to go buy my husband Playboy.

From what I've read so far, this doesn't make the agency and its management look nearly as bad as it actually is. Controllers and first-level sups make more and can retire earlier than anyone else in the FAA ... now tell me what kind of managers you think they might attract (and they only hire from within) when they're told their pay's going to be cut and they're going to have to work until they're 62 (in some cases that could be 17 years longer than they would have had to work before retiring otherwise)? Yes, it's a very screwed up agency. My husband's perfect though.

BTW ... I can pretty much bet that by now that cartoon is on every NATCA bulletin board at every facility in the country.



[This message has been edited by letiole (edited 05-22-2002).]