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If the CEO of a corporation is absent does all the mid and bottom level stuff just stop working? FAA may have been headless but the head never really had anyth

If the CEO of a corporation is absent does all the mid and bottom level stuff just stop working? FAA may have been headless but the head never really had anything to do with the people getting stuff done.

ceejayoz 2y ago
If everyone in the company gets a “consider resigning” email, though? Probably some mayhem. https://www.opm.gov/fork https://www.opm.gov/fork > Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-administration-offering-buyouts-to-government-workers-unwilling-to-return-to-office/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-administration-offeri... > The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in September in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News.
- tastyfreeze 2y ago
  Yes, I understand that. ATC was woefully understaffed and overworked long before Trump was in office. It would be really hard to definitively tie Trump actions to a particular incident.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    Yes, that’s tough, like tracking deaths back to coal plants. We know it happens, we just can’t really say which specific ones, so it’s “cost of doing business” instead of murder. At the very least, extending resignation offers to 2M federal employees, including at the FAA, seems likely to exacerbate the problem going forwards.
    - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
      You are trying to rhetorically connect these issues when they are unrelated. You can be appalled by the state of US ATC and appalled by the new administration without looking for a non existent reason to connect the two.
      - ceejayoz 2y ago
        “We have a huge staffing problem. We are hoping 5-10% of our staff quit, it will save billions!” They seem a tiny bit connected.
angoragoats 2y ago
> If the CEO of a corporation is absent does all the mid and bottom level stuff just stop working? If they leave abruptly without planning for their absence? Yes, quite possibly.

ceejayoz 2y ago

If everyone in the company gets a “consider resigning” email, though? Probably some mayhem. https://www.opm.gov/fork https://www.opm.gov/fork > Below is the email that was sent to federal employees on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer. If you did not respond to that email and wish to accept the deferred resignation offer, you may do so by following these steps. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-administration-offering-buyouts-to-government-workers-unwilling-to-return-to-office/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-administration-offeri... > The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in September in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News.

tastyfreeze 2y ago
Yes, I understand that. ATC was woefully understaffed and overworked long before Trump was in office. It would be really hard to definitively tie Trump actions to a particular incident.
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  Yes, that’s tough, like tracking deaths back to coal plants. We know it happens, we just can’t really say which specific ones, so it’s “cost of doing business” instead of murder. At the very least, extending resignation offers to 2M federal employees, including at the FAA, seems likely to exacerbate the problem going forwards.
  - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
    You are trying to rhetorically connect these issues when they are unrelated. You can be appalled by the state of US ATC and appalled by the new administration without looking for a non existent reason to connect the two.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      “We have a huge staffing problem. We are hoping 5-10% of our staff quit, it will save billions!” They seem a tiny bit connected.

angoragoats 2y ago

> If the CEO of a corporation is absent does all the mid and bottom level stuff just stop working? If they leave abruptly without planning for their absence? Yes, quite possibly.