From: "Gary Britt" 

Well the issue of whether there were problems or not is really irrelevant
to the PATCO firings in my opinion.  The struck for more money when they
were already paid way over market value (as shown by the fact there were so
many qualified people who were willing to jump at the chance to work for
the money they got paid and less and for the same management).

PATCO's strike and resultant destruction was to me akin to the foolishness
of the baseball umpires union leadership who had convinced themselves
baseball would have to shutdown if their overpaid umpires weren't around.
They also learned that a job at $X/hr is better than no job at $Y/hr.

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:43aae441{at}w3.nls.net...
> The problem is that there were studies prior to the PATCO strike that
warned
> of the disarray  due to autocratic management. Wasn't Nixon President in
> 1972?
>
> http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH37/Pels.html
> Two studies conducted during the 1970s confirmed the existence of
> deep-rooted problems. A task force commissioned by the Secretary of
> Transportation in April 1968 to explore ATC complaints released its
official
> findings in January 1970. The Corson Committee Report warned that
> employee-management relations with the FAA were in "extensive
disarray."
> Concerned about an extremely low controller morale and its possible
effects
> on public safety, the committee urged a sharp reduction in work hours, the
> upgrading of equipment and facilities, the reduction of required overtime,
> the expansion of intervals between shift rotations, and the revision of
pay
> criteria. Most significant, it recommended making these changes by working
> with appropriate employee organizations. The report also criticized PATCO
> for "ill-considered and intemperate attacks on FAA management." But it
> placed the majority of blame on the failure of FAA management to
"understand
> and accept the role of employee organizations" and its tolerance of
> "ineffective internal communications."8
>
> The FAA commissioned a more extensive study in 1972. Headed by Dr. Robert
> Rose, the five year, $2.8 million project led to similar conclusions. The
> 750-page Rose Report found that the job of an air traffic controller was
not
> uniquely or debilitatingly stressful. However, the researchers added that
> many of the stresses that were associated with the job, indicated by high
> levels of drinking and depression, were due to autocratic management and a
> system which included little reward and a fear of burnout. The Rose Report
> labeled morale as "low" among nearly 40% of controllers
>
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:43aadb4e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > That would have been democrat sold their soul to the unions
investigation
> > right?
> >
> > Gee what a surprising result.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:43aad9d8{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>
> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> >> news:43aacdcd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > It definitely helped with PATCO.  And they were more indispensable
than
> >> > some
> >> > bus drivers.
> >> >
> >> > Gary
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> neocons seem to love a autocratic management style
> >>
> >> http://www.bookrags.com/history/worldhistory/patco-strike-sjel-02/
> >> Congressional and other investigations later determined that the
> >> principal
> >> cause for the strike was autocratic management by the FAA, which had
> >> added
> >> to an already stressful employment for air traffic controllers who had
> >> the
> >> responsibility for safety at the nation's airports.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----
> >> Then Reagan became a real asshole by banning the strikers for life from
> >> federal employment ( Clinton lifted the ban )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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