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Book Synopsis The Air Controllers' Controversy by : Arthur B. Shostak
Download or read book The Air Controllers' Controversy written by Arthur B. Shostak and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the causes and issues of the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, and discusses the impact of the mass firings on the controllers.
Book Synopsis P.A.T.C.O. and Reagan: an American Tragedy by : Evelyn S. Taylor
Download or read book P.A.T.C.O. and Reagan: an American Tragedy written by Evelyn S. Taylor and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.A.T.C.O. AND REAGAN: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY - The Air Traffic Controllers' Strike of 1981 - documents those ominous days leading up to, including, and after the fateful strike and consequent firing of over 11,000 federal employees by the President of the United States in August, 1981. Relying on primary White House research materials available in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library archives, the book concludes that both the strike and the dismissal were not only predictable, but inescapable scenarios, given the resolute and tenacious personalities of the leaders involved. It discusses in length, the compounding effects that the strike had on its members, society at large, and the White House. P.A.T.C.O. AND REAGAN explores the motivations behind the strikers controversial actions and the corresponding rationales of their opponents, which included just about everybody else. It highlights the heightened emotions that fueled the unions expectations before the strike and drove its fervent quest for redemption after the strike. The unions inability to comprehend how the strike would be perceived ultimately doomed its efforts and condemned it to a collision course with the Reagan Administration, the general public, and even its own membership . As a consequence, organized labor in the United States would never be the same.
Book Synopsis Collision Course by : Joseph A. McCartin
Download or read book Collision Course written by Joseph A. McCartin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organized labor. As Joseph A. McCartin writes, the strike was the culmination of two decades of escalating conflict between controllers and the government that stemmed from the high-pressure nature of the job and the controllers' inability to negotiate with their employer over vital issues. PATCO's fall not only ushered in a long period of labor decline; it also served as a harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics. Now available in paperback, Collision Course sets the strike within a vivid panorama of the rise of the world's busiest air-traffic control system. It begins with an arresting account of the 1960 midair collision over New York that cost 134 lives and exposed the weaknesses of an overburdened system. Through the stories of controllers like Mike Rock and Jack Maher, who were galvanized into action by that disaster and went on to found PATCO, it describes the efforts of those who sought to make the airways safer and fought to win a secure place in the American middle class. It climaxes with the story of Reagan and the controllers, who surprisingly endorsed the Republican on the promise that he would address their grievances. That brief, fateful alliance triggered devastating miscalculations that changed America, forging patterns that still govern the nation's labor politics. Written with an eye for detail and a grasp of the vast consequences of the PATCO conflict for both air travel and America's working class, Collision Course is a stunning achievement.
Download or read book Under Control written by Neil Vidler and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers by : Andrew E. Busch
Download or read book Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers written by Andrew E. Busch and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-07-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States of America V. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) by :
Download or read book United States of America V. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Silent Skies written by Willis Nordlund and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of power and the abuse of power that led to the demise of a major federal union and the firing of over 11,000 federal employees. The Professional Air Traffic Controller's Organization (PATCO) misjudged the political sentiment of the nation, the willingness of the Reagan Administration to implement its social and economic agenda, and the ability of the union to achieve its goals through work stoppages. The events of 1981, chronicled in this story, severely undermined the union movement and set the stage for labor-management relations in the public sector for the subsequent two decades. Equally important, issues that lead to the PATCO strike were not addressed by the FAA or the Department of Transportation, and many of the same problems still plague the federal system today. While the PATCO debacle and its aftermath are now reasonably clear, what is unclear is whether the union and government leaders learned from the event.
Book Synopsis The Future of Air Traffic Control by : National Research Council
Download or read book The Future of Air Traffic Control written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-01-26 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Automation in air traffic control may increase efficiency, but it also raises questions about adequate human control over automated systems. Following on the panel's first volume on air traffic control automation, Flight to the Future (NRC, 1997), this book focuses on the interaction of pilots and air traffic controllers, with a growing network of automated functions in the airspace system. The panel offers recommendations for development of human-centered automation, addressing key areas such as providing levels of automation that are appropriate to levels of risk, examining procedures for recovery from emergencies, free flight versus ground-based authority, and more. The book explores ways in which technology can build on human strengths and compensate for human vulnerabilities, minimizing both mistrust of automation and complacency about its abilities. The panel presents an overview of emerging technologies and trends toward automation within the national airspace systemâ€"in areas such as global positioning and other aspects of surveillance, flight information provided to pilots an controllers, collision avoidance, strategic long-term planning, and systems for training and maintenance. The book examines how to achieve better integration of research and development, including the importance of user involvement in air traffic control. It also discusses how to harmonize the wide range of functions in the national airspace system, with a detailed review of the free flight initiative.
Book Synopsis Life with a View by : Robin A. Smith
Download or read book Life with a View written by Robin A. Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder what it takes to become an air traffi c controller? Or how controllers make the whole complex system work? Life With a View is a memoir written by a former controller who uncovers all the secrets. Follow the author and get a look through the tower windows and behind the radar room doors. Robin Smith offers his unique translation of the second language learned and perfected by air traffic controllers and pilotsand no one else. He expounds on the humor controllers use to check emotions and conflicts and prevent the wheels from coming off. The author gives his readers an insiders look into a very small community comprised of dedicated professionals who chose a career field that is challenging in many ways. The complexity of this job is compounded exponentially when a controller is scheduled to work weekends, mid-watches, and holidayssometimes all in the same week.
Book Synopsis Briefs in the Matter of Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organiztion, Affiliated with MEBA, AFL-CIO, Respondent, and Federal Aviation Administration/Dept. of Transportation, Charging Party by : Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.)
Download or read book Briefs in the Matter of Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organiztion, Affiliated with MEBA, AFL-CIO, Respondent, and Federal Aviation Administration/Dept. of Transportation, Charging Party written by Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1981* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Safety of the Air Traffic Control Systems by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation
Download or read book Safety of the Air Traffic Control Systems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Strike by : Steven E. Durnin
Download or read book The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Strike written by Steven E. Durnin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this study was to assess the opinions, beliefs, and perspectives of former air traffic controllers who were terminated from employment with the Federal Aviation Administration for participating in the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike of 1981"--Leaf v.
Book Synopsis The Air Traffic Controller's Dispute, 1976 by : Irène Lepine
Download or read book The Air Traffic Controller's Dispute, 1976 written by Irène Lepine and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Air Traffic Controllers by : Bert A. Spector
Download or read book Air Traffic Controllers written by Bert A. Spector and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Broken Controller by : Carl McLelland
Download or read book Broken Controller written by Carl McLelland and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anybody who's ever flown should read this book. Is the pilot the only person who should concern you? From the moment the pilot leaves the gate until he's once-again parked at his destination, he doesn't turn, climb, descend, or even change his speed without ATCs approval. Who are these weird ducks who operate the safest ATC system in the world? What motivates them to play this real life video game with neither a Pause nor Reset button? Follow along with Carl's career, from tiny radar van in the Central Highlands of Vietnam to some of the nation's busiest air control TRACONs. At the same time, Carl had a second career as a commercial, corporate pilot and flight instructor. As if that wasn't enough, when he left ATC, he became a law enforcement officer in Nevada's second largest Sheriff's Office. What motivated him to pursue a life on the outside of the envelope? The first edition of this best-selling book was pretty rough. What I didn't know about grammar and mechanics became evident. This second edition cleans up the story a bit, while also answering thousands of questions that arose from the first book. The story also explains in depth, the automation system controllers relied upon. I spent almost half of my FAA career in an automation staff position. I like to think that I made a difference there as well. I've experienced the best... and worst that life can present. More times than I care to count, I've kicked in death's door, and laughed as I stepped through. Good, bad, ugly, or indifferent, this is my story....
Download or read book Faulty Alliances written by Deanna Meek and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Margin for Error: None by : Brian Power-Waters
Download or read book Margin for Error: None written by Brian Power-Waters and published by Authors Choice Press. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *THIS IS THE REPUBLISHED VERSION. THE ORIGINAL VERSION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1980. THIS VERSION DOES NOT CONTAIN NEW OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. When was the last time you heard the name Air Traffic Controller? Most likely it was to berate him because his job action caused you to miss an important meeting. You may have been caught in a "by the book" slow down. Perhaps you spent an extra hour flying in endless circles awaiting clearance to land. There are far more to these delays than meets the eye. When negotiations between controller and government grind to a halt there is little that a controller can do. He is forbidden by law to strike. His only recourse is to slow the traffic. This they occasionally do in order to get better equipment, working conditions, and pay. This book, written by an active airline captain, will take you behind the scenes in the life of an air traffic controller. A person who guides the destiny of more people in one hour than an airline pilot does in a month, a person who controls all the departures and arrivals out of the three busiest airports in New York and does it with radar that isn't half as reliable as the radar used in a small country airport, a person who must think in three dimensions and be ready when their scope goes blank to remember name, position, heading and altitude of 18 aircrafts, a person who can never be allowed the luxury of a single mistake, a person who would rather control traffic than do anything else, in spite of the fears and anxieties that it entails. Hopefully after reading this book you will agree that all the glory and skill should not be confined to the cockpit, but shared equally by the men and women whose skill make a faulty system work. ********** "Captain Brian Power-Waters is intimately knowledgeable concerning the air traffic control system. As an airline captain, he brings the knowledge associated with his twenty-six years as a line pilot. Coupled with his close relationship with air traffic controllers for over twenty years, he is acutely aware of and acquainted with the problems of both professions. Captain Power-Waters provides us with a first time insight into the workings of the air traffic controller profession. The challenges and the many problems encountered in the current air traffic control system." John F.Leyden, President, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization ********** "A fascinating--and sometimes hair raising--account of how the air traffic control system really works and what can be done to improve the situation. As an experienced airline pilot, Captain Power-Waters knows what he is talking about and lays the facts before the public. Anyone who travels by air should read this book." Con Hitchcock, Director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project and Aide to Ralph Nader Margin for Error was originally published in 1980, there are no new updates in this version.
