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Air traffic controllers who duck unpaid work during the gov't shutdown could be fired, Duffy warns (apnews.com)
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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All members of the government should be prohibited from every taking a private flight, as well as flying first class. They should have to fly in a regular coach seat, and put up with whatever heckling they get, or drive.

A private flight is a totally undisguised bribe. Accepting any transportation from anyone should result in mandatory prison time.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    There was a "Yes, Minister!" episode on this principle:

    The new minister was having a driver, driving him to wherever, so he could use the time as office-time, in the back..

    They shamed him into quitting that, & he became significantly less-effective, which was what the attack had intended.

    IF the people are being productive in the air, then I'd put them in a set of gov't-owned aircraft, secret-clearance all the way through, so they could do real work, while on the job.

    However, I'd also force them to use normal-airlines when going 'round for their vacations, so they get actual commercial-airline experience, so they know what they're representees are experiencing.

    Sometimes the right answer is to convert travel-time into work-time, & if you can't do that on a public flight, then yes, private-aircraft are the means, but it ought be gov't owned, not personally-owned or chartered.

    It must serve the country, not the privileged, see?

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