PASS on Firing of Probationary Employees at FAA
David Spero, President of PASS, condemned the FAA's termination of probationary employees without cause, affecting hundreds, including veterans, and criticized the decision as harmful to public safety and staffing needs.
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David Spero, National President of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), expressed strong disapproval regarding the recent termination of probationary employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He stated that the dismissals were made without just cause or consideration of performance, affecting several hundred employees. Notifications were sent from a non-official email address late on February 14, with the possibility of more terminations occurring over the weekend. Spero emphasized that these employees are integral members of the community, many of whom are military veterans, and their dismissal is a disservice to public safety. He criticized the decision as hasty and detrimental, particularly in light of recent aircraft accidents, arguing that it disregards the FAA's staffing needs and increases the burden on an already overworked workforce. Spero called for staffing decisions to align with the agency's mission-critical requirements to ensure public safety.
- PASS condemns the FAA's termination of probationary employees without cause.
- Notifications of termination were sent from a non-official email address.
- The decision affects several hundred employees, many of whom are veterans.
- The terminations could exacerbate existing staffing challenges at the FAA.
- The action is criticized as harmful to public safety following recent aircraft accidents.
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13 commentsThis is an understatement. Staffing issues have been a problem for a while. Six day workweeks for some. Baffling to make cuts to an already understaffed agency.
This is all being executed without thought. The agencies can coast for a while and political pressure can be applied to keep people quiet about problems (Speak up, get fired). Four years from now it becomes someone else’s problem.
For what it's worth, people care and sympathize; we just don't know anything that we can do to help.
Update: Airway Transportation Systems Specialists, got the acronym wrong. They are technicians who maintain systems across the air traffic control system and airports.
Can I register doge_exec_official_genuine_super_real_orders@hotmail.com and start firing government staff too?
* https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control...
If I received an email from such an address I would ignore it as a potential phishing attempt. I would think that would be standard practice at government agencies.
Every. Single. One. of these firings is a story involving human beings, with families, with ongoing concerns like mortgages, medical problems, deaths in the family, school problems, and all the other things that happen during life. Things many of the DOGE staffers are too young to have experienced yet.
Whatever else you might think about what is going on, the Administration could have done this humanely, carefully, methodically -- but they chose to do it carelessly and cruelly instead. In my opinion, this alone is unforgiveable.
But I get the feeling that chaos is the point.
Shit, coulda just used a @gmail.com address at that point.
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