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> the current administration is asking them to resign en masse, not hiring more While they did initially receive the resignation memo the Office of Personnel M
by nyokodo 2y ago
> the current administration is asking them to resign en masse, not hiring more
While they did initially receive the resignation memo the Office of Personnel Management clarified that Air Traffic Controllers aren’t eligible for the resignation offer nor subject to the hiring freeze. [1]
1. https://apnews.com/article/jet-helicopter-crash-air-traffic-controllers-caee8a1e14eb5d156725581d41e6a809# https://apnews.com/article/jet-helicopter-crash-air-traffic-...
- throw0101a 2y ago> Office of Personnel Management clarified that Air Traffic Controllers aren’t eligible I'm curious to know if this OPM policy was there was there from the beginning, or whether it's a backtrack after the 'bad optics' after the Washington, DC, crash.
- nyokodo 2y ago> or whether it's a backtrack after the 'bad optics' after the Washington, DC, crash. Either way you have a plan that wasn’t well thought through or thoughtfully executed. Having said that, at least they’re not (ultimately) directly tempting understaffed critical workers to quit although one wonders which functions haven’t had a plane crash moment.