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According to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
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My point is the aviation system is not one thing. It's multiple systems that work in harmony together to produce safe air travel. NOTAM is a pilot system, ATC has a system, ground control has a system, airline booking systems are not part of FAAAccording to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
As someone who flies almost every week, it terrifies me to think that these guys believe they can fix the aviation systems……with zero domain knowledge…..My point is the aviation system is not one thing. It's multiple systems that work in harmony together to produce safe air travel. NOTAM is a pilot system, ATC has a system, ground control has a system, airline booking systems are not part of FAAAccording to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
Inside the ATC system there are multitude of layers that track flights from 0 ft to 45000 ft.... From all over the country. These systems are installed all over the country.
There are tons of new safety enhancements in the software. There is another big technology upgrade on its way.
Yes some of the technology needs to be upgraded 100%......but every possible scenario needs to be accounted for to prevent deaths. That's one reason things move slowly. It's to ensure the software is a safe as humanly possible.
This is not something you can just say "cool we made an upgrade" good to go....
At least that's how it works now and should work with anything they try
Hopefully you're not the beta testAs someone who flies almost every week, it terrifies me to think that these guys believe they can fix the aviation systems……with zero domain knowledge…..My point is the aviation system is not one thing. It's multiple systems that work in harmony together to produce safe air travel. NOTAM is a pilot system, ATC has a system, ground control has a system, airline booking systems are not part of FAAAccording to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
Inside the ATC system there are multitude of layers that track flights from 0 ft to 45000 ft.... From all over the country. These systems are installed all over the country.
There are tons of new safety enhancements in the software. There is another big technology upgrade on its way.
Yes some of the technology needs to be upgraded 100%......but every possible scenario needs to be accounted for to prevent deaths. That's one reason things move slowly. It's to ensure the software is a safe as humanly possible.
This is not something you can just say "cool we made an upgrade" good to go....
At least that's how it works now and should work with anything they try
No doubtHopefully you're not the beta testAs someone who flies almost every week, it terrifies me to think that these guys believe they can fix the aviation systems……with zero domain knowledge…..My point is the aviation system is not one thing. It's multiple systems that work in harmony together to produce safe air travel. NOTAM is a pilot system, ATC has a system, ground control has a system, airline booking systems are not part of FAAAccording to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
Inside the ATC system there are multitude of layers that track flights from 0 ft to 45000 ft.... From all over the country. These systems are installed all over the country.
There are tons of new safety enhancements in the software. There is another big technology upgrade on its way.
Yes some of the technology needs to be upgraded 100%......but every possible scenario needs to be accounted for to prevent deaths. That's one reason things move slowly. It's to ensure the software is a safe as humanly possible.
This is not something you can just say "cool we made an upgrade" good to go....
At least that's how it works now and should work with anything they try
A decent bit of time spent looking for the "$1B for barber schools" claim has convinced me it's just baloney.
lolAs someone who flies almost every week, it terrifies me to think that these guys believe they can fix the aviation systems……with zero domain knowledge…..My point is the aviation system is not one thing. It's multiple systems that work in harmony together to produce safe air travel. NOTAM is a pilot system, ATC has a system, ground control has a system, airline booking systems are not part of FAAAccording to Sean Duffy that’s already happening. He said DOGE is plugging in to upgrade our aviation system.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
if you are on a plane in the United States the safest thing to do right now is to jump out
Inside the ATC system there are multitude of layers that track flights from 0 ft to 45000 ft.... From all over the country. These systems are installed all over the country.
There are tons of new safety enhancements in the software. There is another big technology upgrade on its way.
Yes some of the technology needs to be upgraded 100%......but every possible scenario needs to be accounted for to prevent deaths. That's one reason things move slowly. It's to ensure the software is a safe as humanly possible.
This is not something you can just say "cool we made an upgrade" good to go....
At least that's how it works now and should work with anything they try
with all the poor spending choices at USAid to make up 1 billion for barbers seems odd
So you can create a toxic workplace atmosphere without consequence?Our evaluations have changed, we no longer have a respect for others performance category
who knows anymore, I feel like I've gone back to the future to 1999 but I've stayed my current ageSo you can create a toxic workplace atmosphere without consequence?Our evaluations have changed, we no longer have a respect for others performance category
Government separates performance from conduct. Performance Plans just focus on performance. There should be separate conduct rules. You can still discipline conduct issues even if they don't violate elements of a Performance Plan. In fact, conduct is much easier to address than performance.So you can create a toxic workplace atmosphere without consequence?Our evaluations have changed, we no longer have a respect for others performance category
I'm not a fan of those workplace climate surveys for officers. Ours typically get 2 years in the seat. They spend 6 months learning the job, a year doing it and 6 months prepping for the next person/Their next assignment. We have a minimum of 40% response rate to the survey for it to be considered valid feedback. The people that mainly fill them out are the disgruntled and the "yes" men.Our evaluations have changed, we no longer have a respect for others performance category
The Star Chamber has been convened!
Is the concern that the government isn't going honor the agreement? If people think the options are take the deferred resignation or get fired, why fight to take that option off the table?
Fear it's not legal and you can't sue if they change their mind or lose funding in March
Imo, they are asking for the gun to be taken away from their head. This offer came out of nowhere and it came with unusually harsh language declaring government employees somewhat worthless which can be a gut punch I suppose. I personally do not trust the people behind this offer to be fair and so do not trust this offer at all. Add to that the lack of reliable guidance as spoken to in this thread, and by you, and you can see how government employees might want to slow this offer down a bit.
The idea that there is a gun to their head is silly to me. Just don't take the deferred option and continue on. If they are more concerned with their agency being cut, this seems like a better option.
The problem is that there are legitimate risks on both sides of the deal. If someone takes the deal and the gov't reneges, the recipient has little/no recourse. The TRO being requested by the union would afford more time to sort those out and resolve the uncertainties and legalities so people can make more informed decisions.
Exactly. Government employees are used to things being done in a particular way. Our entire life is that things have to follow certain procedures and certain forms have to be completed in a certain way in order for things to be legit. Sure, that may be stupid at times, but it's the world we live in. We certainly aren't used to official personnel actions occurring by replying with one word in an email to someone outside our agency based on an email that looks like emails we've been trained to identify as spam. And, when we go to ask our own agency how all this works, they don't know because they aren't in the loop. It probably wouldn't be that hard to do all this in a more official manner. That might take 6 months instead of 2 weeks, but it would be more likely to work. Issue guidance, have conversations through the chain of command about what is happening, allow time for interpretation and questions to be asked to clarify those interpretations, properly train the HR professionals so they can answer employees' questions and properly process everything.
No info on the judge
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This is very similar to the covid vaccine mandate. I had 3 dates that were all going to be the last day of my employment. I had to sign MFRs and everything. Every time a date came, there was a new reason to push it back a month. They made me jump through hoops, get doctors notes, write justifications and exemption requests that went in a drawer were never processed. HR never had answers and there was literally no process in place to do anything. Eventually they just gave up and it all faded away.
No way that is the case else this whole agreement in unenforceable, can't agree to something if you don't know what the something is offering.
Thats's a good way to frame it, but there is still the lingering fear that someone's org gets shut down tomorrow. Then what happens to them?
Judge George O'Toole was appointed by Clinton. And he's temporarily blocked the offer from ending until Monday when he'll have another hearing.No info on the judge
Federal judge in Boston temporarily blocks Trump's buyout plan
“It’s a scam and not a buyout,” said the president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
They have to go through proper RIF procedures. I believe those require 60 days notice and there are efforts to place those employees in comparable vacant positions in other agencies.
That's what we're gonna find out. We live in interesting times.
This Is Wild. The idea that one party, the one with more power, could pull a contract / agreement, yet enforce the other party’s commitment…. We’re living in strange times indeed.
You think the idea of “you can take this offer quickly or risk being laid off by edict” as being “a gun to our head” as silly?
Yes, because I don't think there is a large-scale risk of being laid off by edict. It might be a reality to some, but like DGreen said there is a process in place for federal workers to be moved to vacant positions in need.
We’ll see how that plays out. I’m just not going to call people’s concerns on this, during these times, the way the last couple weeks have gone, “silly”
I get the uncertainty is worrisome and its human nature to sometimes assume the worst, but it feels like a lot of people are getting way ahead of the situation.
Maybe the gun being held to our heads goes through safety checks to make sure it's not loaded (like on a movie set). But, the one holding the gun is saying it is loaded, and a lot of people don't know that the gun goes through safety checks to make sure it's not loaded so they assume it is loaded. And, of course, it is possible that the safety checks were disregarded and the gun is, in fact, loaded.
Perhaps. But you’ve seen how fast things are moving now.
Yes? lol
It's going to be highly, highly ironic when we look back and realize they could have been much more effective and efficient if they had simply followed the collectively bargained rules and gotten proper buy-in throughout DC instead of trying to torch everything like a private company. Not that I really expect Musk to realize that.
those people getting way ahead of the situation are the administration/doge and not the workforce, buddy.
Thier goal is to eliminate government bloat and reduce budget which are both needed.
do you think everyone working in the DoE or USAID thought their organization was useless?
