Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he understands the frustrations and worries of air traffic controllers who have to work without a paycheck during the government shutdown, but he and the union that represents controllers are also now emphasizing that calling out sick in protest could cost th
All members of the government should be prohibited from every taking a private flight, as well as flying first class. They should have to fly in a regular coach seat, and put up with whatever heckling they get, or drive.
A private flight is a totally undisguised bribe. Accepting any transportation from anyone should result in mandatory prison time.
There was a “Yes, Minister!” episode on this principle:
The new minister was having a driver, driving him to wherever, so he could use the time as office-time, in the back…
They shamed him into quitting that, & he became significantly less-effective, which was what the attack had intended.
IF the people are being productive in the air, then I’d put them in a set of gov’t-owned aircraft, secret-clearance all the way through, so they could do real work, while on the job.
However, I’d also force them to use normal-airlines when going 'round for their vacations, so they get actual commercial-airline experience, so they know what they’re representees are experiencing.
Sometimes the right answer is to convert travel-time into work-time, & if you can’t do that on a public flight, then yes, private-aircraft are the means, but it ought be gov’t owned, not personally-owned or chartered.
It must serve the country, not the privileged, see?
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Considering the bullshit that Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court Justice, has gotten away with; who the fuck cares at this point?
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