And Jose do you realize how over worked that controller at BGM was? He gave them three days to return to work and they choose not to Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Strike by air traffic controllers looms, threatens airport operations > Like most things on here, it is a matter of opinion but as I recall the vast > majority of Americans supported the firings at the time. > > I'll never forget sitting on a twin engine USAir prop job waiting for a 0700 > departure from BGM to LGA that day. The captain announced that the > controllers had gone out on strike and that we had to go back in the terminal. While > walking across the ramp to the terminal the lone tower controller on duty was > out on the tower catwalk above the small terminal shooting the middle finger at > us. We gave him an identical salute in return and to think he got fired for > going on strike is rather comforting. > > Fifteen minutes later a non-striker or supervisor was on duty and we boarded > the flight and took off. LGA was an absolute zoo. Our connecting Eastern > flight departed the gate on time but we held on a taxiway for at least three > hours waiting for takeoff and they served drinks and allowed the smokers to light > up to keep everyone placated. The flight to MIA was somewhat weird in that we > kept changing directions for the majority of the trip. > > Jose Prize > > In a message dated 6/6/2003 10:38:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, > DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx writes: > > > Subj: Re: Strike by air traffic controllers looms, threatens airport > > operations > > Date: 6/6/2003 10:38:53 PM Eastern Standard Time > > From: <A HREF="mailto:DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx";>DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx</A> > > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > > In a message dated 6/6/2003 7:19:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > damiross2@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > <<There are some thing that must be done. Regardless of how hard it was on > > the nation, President Regean did the right thing by firing them. They were > > given a warning >> > > > > I guess that is a matter of opinion >