2018 shutdown ended when New York controllers put down
delays and mile in trail that cause Congress unable to leave DC. This
would be the key to it, however the House was already sent home and is
not planning to meet until after the shutdown ends according to the
house leader Johnson. Unfortunately, not looking good for us as air
traffic controllers. There’s reports that when the shutdown started,
union president for NATCA was at a forum in Chicago (link report
attached) speaking about AI technology being a benefit for the
workforce, so you can tell where the unions priorities are…. What a slap
in the face to the dummies foolish enough to give this union dues money.
Duffy saying controllers are picking up uber shifts between shifts? Ha! Good luck,
I’d love to see or hear from a controller after working a 10 hour shift
have the mental stamina to go work uber after/between shifts, give me a
break. It does show however or at least seem that Duffy and the Trump
administration is pro controller if only the union had the back bone to
come to the table to negotiate pay raises instead of worrying about AI
integration into the NAS.
In our facility we’ve seen staffing numbers go to half of what’s required
to work the airspace (the heavily lib-tarded areas of my facility). A
message for NA gitmo nation, start driving, it’ll only get worse.
Reports out of California Burbank tower that there was no controllers in
the tower for “hours” this isn’t unheard of, tower airspace delegated
to the tower by the en route facilities. En route owns it, towers just
borrow it, so if a tower goes ATC-zero the en route facility works the
tower airspace pretty much like normal, it just becomes an uncontrolled
airport “one in one out” rules applied, or ‘ATC limited’-tower only if
there’s not enough staffing to work approach control and tower control.
The Burbank clutch my pearls report happens nearly every night with
Lexington approach, Huntington approach when there’s weather in the
airspace I work. Attached is the report of speaker Johnson statement in
the House not returning til government reopens.
You can play/insert a JCD “life is a scam” at any moment in this note if
you find it useful for the show. Love you guys! God bless!
TYFYC,
The Anonymous Controller