And Santa Ain’t Happy Either

Okay, it’s a lame title. They can’t all be winners. From the Great Frozen North:

” Your Nov.18 article, “Feds boost number of air traffic controllers in Fairbanks,” was not only wrong but was an insult to the men and women who work as controllers at Fairbanks airport.

The new controllers hired by the Federal Aviation Administration will not fill the current staffing gaps at Fairbanks — if they are successful in training, our staffing will barely keep up with attrition because it can take more than two years to become certified as an air traffic controller. Next summer almost a third of the certified controllers at Fairbanks will be from the Lower 48 on temporary duty assignments. Our tower will continue to need this expensive temporary duty supplement for years to come.“

And I wasn’t kidding about Santa. Take a look.


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Don Brown
December 15, 2009

(Personal note: You didn’t think I was paying attention did ya Cuz ?)

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