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BumRushDaShow

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Thu May 29, 2025, 04:44 PM Thursday

More than 1,200 FAA employees are planning to leave in the coming months putting more strain on taxed workforce

Source: The Independent

Thursday 29 May 2025 14:07 EDT


More than 1,200 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration reportedly may leave the agency in the coming months, as the U.S. air transit system continues to struggle with flight delays, aviation accidents, and technical issues.

“Employees are departing the agency in mass quantities across all skill levels,” read a May 7 internal presentation about the effects of a Trump administration deferred-resignation program, obtained by The Wall Street Journal.

A similar presentation obtained by the paper said more than 1,200 employees of the agency could depart under the program.

The staff exodus under Trump could cause the agency to fall below its statutory and regulatory staffing requirements, one of the internal presentations said. Front-line workers, including air-traffic controllers and airline inspectors, aren’t eligible for the resignation program.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/faa-employees-resign-air-traffic-newark-b2760269.html



"Statutory" is meaningless to 45 and obviously to the GOP loons in Congress.
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More than 1,200 FAA employees are planning to leave in the coming months putting more strain on taxed workforce (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
Leaving a job always looks better on a resume than being fired bye the U.S. Government. LiberalArkie Thursday #1
I'm glad I don't hardly ever fly. Only been on a plane 4 or 5 times in my life. OverBurn Thursday #2

LiberalArkie

(18,316 posts)
1. Leaving a job always looks better on a resume than being fired bye the U.S. Government.
Thu May 29, 2025, 05:13 PM
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I would imagine it would be hard to get a job dumping garbage after being fired by the feds.

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