To find out, we turn, naturally, to The Washington Post.
Evidently the FAA chief out at Charlotte-Douglas had a fit when someone mentioned the word “staffing.” The Post reports:
In an e-mail to other supervisors last week, Thomas Denny got right to the point in the subject line: “The use of the word ‘STAFFING.’ ”
“Be advised that anytime a facility uses the word STAFFING, you can rest assured it will be seen immediately in writing at the Headquarters level,” wrote Denny, a top manager of the agency’s operations in busy Charlotte. “If for any reason you use the STAFFING word, PLEASE advise me ASAP.”
OK. OKAY.
Makes me wonder if US Airways ticket-counter staffing woes have somehow infected the air controllers. Or maybe just made everyone really uptight and cranky out Wilkinson way.
