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Archive for June 11th, 2006

Building a union member… (FAA disillusionment, Part IV)

Posted by Paul on 11th June 2006

After 3.5 years in the FAA, I was a signed-off, “FPL” (full performance level) air traffic controller. I’d joined the union because I could see how the FAA’s HR policies said one thing, but how the supervisory and management workforce did something else.

Again, the really ironic thing is that Seattle Center (ZSE), where I have spent my entire career, was and is one of the BETTER places in the agency. I can’t imagine what it’s like working at some of the crappy places, where it’s more or less open warfare all the time.
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King of the Jungle…

Posted by Paul on 11th June 2006

Well, New Jersey doesn’t exactly have jungles.

But there’s a 15 pound orange-and-white cat that’s definitely the King of his backyard.

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