In response to a court order, the Federal Aviation Administration has reinstated 132 employees it had fired in February…
These people are getting paid since February 15th when they were fired. Meanwhile, many of these positions were being backfilled by air traffic controllers working overtime, most of the time not doing as well of a job as the person who was “fired” in the first place.
So to recap: Elon and Trump fired well qualified and necessary employees, continued to pay them after they left, then over paid someone else to do their job, but worse, making us all less safe and simultaneously overworking an already notoriously overworked group of ATCs who have one of the most stressful jobs in the world.
I dunno about you guys, but I’m not sure this Department of Government Efficiency is actually very efficient…
Could you imagine going back to work for a place that tried to fire you a few weeks ago? And is still actively appealing a court decision to try to fire you again?
weren’t they already desperately trying to get them back once they once again realized they effed up massively. again.
They panicked when they realized they sent the “fork in the road” email to controllers and quickly back pedaled. But as far as I know, they haven’t freaked out and tried to rehire these people. This took a court order from a judge - and it sounds like the administration is trying to appeal it.
