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Just one day before the deadly atmosphere at Reagan National Airport was collided outside Washington, DC, employees of the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign for eight months.
The Federation of Air traffic monitors recommended its members that they did not accept a show on Tuesday, because the Federal Aviation Administration has not decided any positions that will be included in the resignation plan. On Friday, an official of the employee management office, the Human Resources arm of the government of the United States, said on Friday that observers were not eligible for the resignation plan or subject to the freezing of employment across a large part of the rest of the federal government.
On Wednesday, who killed all 67 people on a US aircraft and an army helicopter, the accident renewed the real effects of President Donald Trump to reduce federal bureaucracy.
There is no evidence that the White House’s efforts to reduce the size of the government played any role in a collision, with a shortage of air traffic monitors that preceded Trump. But those who worked in air safety say that those who are trying to get rid of the federal workforce need to remember that the souls are at stake.
“I am interested in that there are people who do not want to reform or restructure institutions, and they want to destroy institutions,” said James Hall, who was the President of the National Transport Safety Council during the era of President Bill Clinton, a democrat. “The American people have the safest aviation system in the world. I don’t doubt that there should be changes in the government, but someone must remember the old proverb that must be seen before they jump.”
On Thursday, since the investigation of the accident was underway, FAA staff were among the federal workers who received an email telling them to resign and find more useful works.
“The road to a greater American prosperity encourages people to move from low productivity functions in the public sector to higher production jobs in the private sector,” read the memo from OPM.
An official with OPM, who made resignations, said that air traffic monitors are exempt from freezing employment announced by Trump in his post on January 20 and that they are not qualified to obtain a purchase despite sending the offer. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal government operations.
It was not clear whether the control units were notified by OPM, whether it was exempt. After the initial offer came out, the National Air Force Watch Association recommended in an email to the union members not to submit a request for resignation until more information is available. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the union email.
The president of Natca Nick Daniels said that officials did not explain to the federation the details of how its employees were affected by the retirement program.
Daniels said in a statement submitted to AP on Friday.
He added: “It is not yet clear how this program will affect the workers in the safety of the aviation represented by our veil.” “However, we are concerned about the potential impact on public safety, efficiency and ability of the air traffic control system if FAA is inspecting experienced air safety employees during the lack of internationally recognized air observer employment.”
Although the new administration insists that reducing costs will exempt workers in the field of public safety and maintain the safety of citizens, its speech and approach were more severe than surgery.
“The bureaucracy kills America” ​​has repeatedly called for huge comprehensive discounts in the federal workforce, “said Tesla and Spacex Elusk, CEO of Tesla and Spacex El MUSK. Trump and his supporters made personal loyalty to the president a top priority in appointing new workers or preserving existing workers.
During the campaign, Musk demanded the resignation of the director of Fa Michael Whitaker, who clashed with Musk to organize SPACEX and seized the day before Trump took office. This left the Angolan Armed Forces without a leader to Trump, at a press conference on Thursday after the accident, appointed the Acting Agency.
Trump blamed the diversity after the accident – although there was no evidence of the qualifications of anyone involved in the collision – and he claimed that former presidents Joe Biden and Parac Obama had reduced the criteria to meet racist shares or other shares. He criticized the FAA diversity policy that was present during his first administration.
Although the Trump administration is talking about the need to get rid of federal workers, the government was desperate to employ air traffic monitors for nearly a decade. The Federal Aviation Administration has struggled to keep pace with the increasing number of commercial flights, so that there have been no deadly air accidents since 2009. last year, Biden prompted funding to employ 2000 other control units and announced the employment of 1,800 console units in September.
The AP report, which AP, said that airport monitoring employees at the airport were “not normal”, as one person is doing a usually appointed for two people at the time of collision. A person familiar with the matter indicated that the places are combined regularly when the controllers need to stay away from the separation console, during the changes in the transformation or when the air traffic is slow. This person spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed to discuss internal procedures.
Don Kittel, an honorary professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, has warned that it is likely to be difficult to recruit the air traffic controllers now.
“The fact that there is a lot of uncertainty in such a short period of time and the fact that the president seems to blame them, it must make it difficult to employ more control units,” Kaitel said.
Kettl has warned of many decisive, demanding and skill that is already difficult to fill-from food safety inspectors to surgeons in old warriors management hospitals-and this may become more striking now.
“The government fibers are woven throughout our lives.” “If you reduce the capacity, you are lowering what you get.”
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