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  Hey, I thought that Angela Styles herself said the FAA competition was rigged. Why doesn't anybody write about that? I know Styles only "got honest" once she was out of government, but at least she got honest. Think David "We go out of our way to A-76 the disabled" Safavian will ever do that?

  Mark Posted April 18, 2005 3:14 AM
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  It would be nice to see support from legislative representatives across the country. For here in the great State of Alabama we have written letters and e-mails. We have made an unknown number of phone calls to our Congressional Representatives, but all our efforts have fallen on deaf ears. Our Senators and Representatives seem more concerned about what the President thinks than their own constituents. We elect these individuals to be our representatives, but we get nothing but form letters and lip service. I am still waiting on a return phone call from one of our Senator's staff members.

  Six weeks ago I reported to one Senator's office improprieties in the Flight Service Outsourcing and the appearance of cronisism and favoritism in the contract award. As of today the staffer has not returned my call even though I continue to leave voice mail messages on his phone.

  If anyone believes that our elected officials really work for the people who voted for them, come to Alabama and be ignored by the political machine which has become so powerful they can ignore the requests of the people who put them into office.

  GovExec.com reader Posted April 17, 2005 9:17 AM
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  I personally will lose about half of my retirement, because I will be 8 months short of the required 20 years, and this point wasn't brought to my attention until the A-76 process was almost complete. Additionally, the MEO contest has brought up allegations of impropriety during the supposed competition. Why don't you look into that matter?

  Nicholas McClain Posted April 9, 2005 6:16 PM
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  I am forty-eight years old, wife and two kids in collage, home mortgage, eighty-five year old mother-in-law in Connecticut with no chance of a full retirement from anywhere but the FAA due to my age. I am an instrument rated pilot for twenty years, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member, AOPA member, fourteen years of FAA good time service, letters from pilots, FAA letter of commendation, FAA letters of appreciation for saving life's and speaking at safety seminars with (FSDO) Flight Standards and on my own at the local airports for (CFI) flight instructor's, (EAA) young eagles and CAP members. My comments are that local area knowledge of weather and terrain and a local presence to continue educating the local pilots saves lives. Most important is that we are trained at a specialized job that cannot be utilized in the private sector. Separating aircraft from weather is as inherently governmental as separating them form each other. Integrating AFSS with existing ATC facilities throughout America saves a lot of money, enhances services and weather related aviation accidents would be reduced significantly! Please support HR 1474 now.

  Dennis Amato Posted April 9, 2005 4:57 PM