Friday, July 15, 2016
Little victory for John Henry
The idiot Feds were planning to get rid of human weathermen at FAA airport sites.
KREM's semi-literate account of the matter:
In September, the FAA discussed cutting those jobs 57 airports across the country, Spokane International included. Airport managers were not happy with the decision. They said the equipment they use to detect in climate weather that could be dangerous is outdated, it constantly breaks down and cannot detect certain conditions Weather Observers can. During the November windstorm that equipment went out for 11 hours. During a 10-day period in December, weather observers had to correct mistakes the automated system made 900 times. Haynes and six other weather observers who were able to keep pilots informed.Airport managers got together and pushed Congress to revoke the cut, at least for the next fiscal year. One little score for human skills!
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