Here I am, blogging for the first time in months, yes in months! And I am doing it on my brand new iPad and on a plane. A delayed plane flight to be precise. I am trying to get to Madrid from Vienna, and we have been informed that we cannot start the engines because lof flight restrictions in Madrid. The press in this slow time for news, but heavy times for air travel, are having a ball criticizing flight control operators who are rumored to be on a " stealth strike".
Fact is that an unusually high percentage of them are turning sick without enough time to cater for substitutes, so the rest are working over time and cannot manage the demand from scheduled holiday seasonflights.
Fact is also that when a medical inspection has been ordered by the authorities, 7 out of ten controllers on sick leave have been ordered to return to work, or else...p
So it seems that there is some sort of a protest agreement going on and it is the travelers and holiday makers who are suffering the consequences.
But the fact remains that as a government employee whose salary has been cut illegally by the same government who has got us into this economic disaster due to reckless measures and excessive spending, I cannot but feel a sensation of solidarity and admiration for those controllers who are, in their own way, standing up to our socialists who spend our money on themselves and their trips and perks and who have done nothing to remedy our situation until it was too late.
Keep it up guys, wish we could do the same in our department.
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