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...FAA acts to calm the jitters
...midair collisions" since the Aug. 3 walkout, PATCO released a report detailing more than two dozen in-flight incidents and claimed there have been more than 150. But the Federal Aviation Administration said there were only eleven "near misses," compared with 31 during the same period in 1980.* Assured FAA Administrator J. Lynn Helms: "We have no reason to believe that the system has deteriorated in safety...
...ease the public's fear of flying, the FAA asked the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit watchdog group based in Arlington, Va., to conduct a three-month study of air safety. At the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency, announced that it will begin its own investigation of the skyways. The board's review was prompted by both PATCO's charges and congressional worries over safety in the skies. Explained Board Spokesman Barbara Dixon: "Since people were raising questions about safety, we felt obligated to take a look...
...they should challenge the seven-day notice as inadequate. Next, they should argue that they were ill, absent without leave, taking a sudden vacation or otherwise not actually on strike. Finally, Leighton suggests that fired controllers contend that they are not receiving equal protection under the law; if the FAA initially allowed strikers to return within 48 hours without being fired, he reasons, why cannot all strikers be allowed back at some point? Says Leighton: "The members will argue that if they are going to be fired, everyone who struck has to be fired...
...appeals fail, there is still hope. The Federal Labor Relations Authority is considering PATCO's argument that the FAA did not bargain in good faith. If the FLRA agrees, it could order the controllers rehired. Even if the board disagrees, the controllers may not finally be fired for months. PATCO intends to battle any Government attempts to lump individual appeals together. The fired controllers consider their plight a test of lofty principles, and they remain eligible for retirement and pension benefits until their dismissals are final. So the FAA, the MSPB and the courts face the prospect of hearing...