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...YOUR ice cream while it's still on your plate," Sabina the maid tells us early in Thornton Wilder's The Skin Of Our Teeth. And this would seem to be good advice to follow in a play that shows the cyclical and precarious nature of life at such a fast pace that the Ice Age, the Depression and the invention of the alphabet are simultaneous events...
Spoken like a regular Thornton Wilder. But then part of Byrne's deft comic talent has always been that he is a quick study. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, Byrne moved with his mother Emma and electrical engineer father Tom first to Hamilton, Ont. (where Sister Celia was born), and then to Baltimore. Young David arrived there at age seven with an already burgeoning interest in music. (His folks say he played his phonograph almost perpetually from age three and took up the harmonica at five...
...potential membership necessary to petition for certification, and would be filing the pertinent documents with federal labor-relations authorities within a month. The aspiring union, though, has openly declared that it will not use PATCO's methods to obtain any future bargaining demands. Said John Thornton, NATCA's national coordinator: "Our constitution pledges us to use lawful means only. We will work within the system." By law, federal employees are not allowed to strike or engage in labor slowdowns. Added Thornton: "Our rhetoric will be moderate. We are hopeful of achieving a better working relationship through cooperation instead of confrontation...
...controllers are unhappy, but pay is not a serious grievance. A fully rated controller at a busy airport can make between $45,000 and $60,000. Even so, says Thornton, "the problems of the past persist: overwork, old equipment, high stress. A union is more necessary than ever...
...claims that only about 62% of current controllers are fully qualified for all situations compared with about 80% of those employed before the strike. The FAA says 72% of the current controllers are fully qualified. NATCA also complains that many controllers regularly work six-day weeks without relief. Says Thornton: "They also put in too much time on a position without relief. Before the strike a controller typically worked a position two hours, then got either a break or a transfer to a less demanding job. Today controllers remain on a busy position up to five hours." NATCA organizers point...