If you think we've been hit hard by budget cuts in the past, look to FY-2000 as another austere time for us. This years budget is leaner and meaner still. We think we need someone to lobby on our behalf in Washington to let Congress know we need proper staffing and resources to do our job. We need a voice to restore funding to important programs, and most of all to staff our offices at a level where we can do what we need to do to keep the skies safe. We have been asked this question over the course of the last few months.
Lets talk about that most important issue.
United States Code in personnel matter. All these things are now subject to negotiation. With a union we now will have the ability to bargain over our future. And with a union the FAA HAS to negotiate. It doesn't mean that every proposal will be adopted.