Lawmakers fault transportation chief
03-15-2015, 02:28 AM
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Yes. Let’s keep on bloating the Federal Government payrolls with many more folks that hold insignificant positions and love being part of a gigantic bureaucratic process where no one can touch them and they can just blend in for as long as they wish. Yes. This will definitely teach mean old corporate America a lesson.
Really? Got to love those tried and true catch phrases such as “Mean old corporate America” etc etc. What a hoot!
Really? Got to love those tried and true catch phrases such as “Mean old corporate America” etc etc. What a hoot!
03-15-2015, 12:03 PM
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6.5M people with active Social Security numbers are 112 or older: IG - Washington Times
If it makes you feel any better, the IRS estimates it paid 3 million fradulent tax returns to the tune of $5.2 Billion last year.
Biggest IRS scam around: Identity tax refund fraud - CBS News
How do we expect these bozos to keep up with fraud when they can't even track their own budgets.
Last week in my reserve squadron, my Commander put out a list of over due travel vouchers. If our name was on the list, we had to explain why. My name was on the list three times, for vouchers over six months old. The kicker, almost all of us on the list had been paid and the government didn't know it.
03-15-2015, 12:41 PM
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Corporate america has killed every tenth middle class citizen as an example to the others? You do know that's what "decimate" means, don't you?
Push for that "military appointment" in order to emerge from service years later with no flight time and minimal qualifications. Great idea.
Push for that "military appointment" in order to emerge from service years later with no flight time and minimal qualifications. Great idea.
dec·i·mate
ˈdesəˌmāt/Submit
verb
1.kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"
2.historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.
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It looks to me like he used it appropriately.
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03-15-2015, 07:21 PM
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dec·i·mate
ˈdesəˌmāt/Submit
verb
1.kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"
2.historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.
_______________
It looks to me like he used it appropriately.
Hog
ˈdesəˌmāt/Submit
verb
1.kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
"the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness"
2.historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.
_______________
It looks to me like he used it appropriately.
Hog
03-16-2015, 02:14 PM
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No, he's saying the SSA paid benefits to 6.5 million people, probably most of them dead, who if they are still alive, would be over 112 years of age. How many of those do YOU think are actually still alive? Probably a lot less than 6.5 million. You might think that the government could figure that out, but they have absolutely no incentive to even try.
Flawed Social Security Data Say 6.5 Million in U.S. Reach Age 112 - US News
"Only 13 of the people are still getting Social Security benefits, the report said."
The rest of the numbers are still open, meaning they are at risk of fraud and abuse. But paying benefits to 13 people is very very different from actively paying benefits to 6.5 million.
03-16-2015, 02:24 PM
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Yes. Let’s keep on bloating the Federal Government payrolls with many more folks
Regan increased the number of government employees.
Bush, Sr. increased the number of government employees.
Clinton increased the number of government employees.
Bush Jr. increased the number of government employees.
Obama has decreased the number of government employees since he took office.
Public Sector Payrolls Under Obama Much Lower than Other Presidents | The New Republic
03-17-2015, 08:34 AM
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Meh...if you would have cited some type of credible source, might have caught my attention for more than 3 seconds.
Federal Government payrolls could be down slightly but that would not be because the current President set out to do this nor any previous President for that matter. These insignificant changes occur due to many other factors, in spite of any current administration's policies.
Federal Government payrolls could be down slightly but that would not be because the current President set out to do this nor any previous President for that matter. These insignificant changes occur due to many other factors, in spite of any current administration's policies.
03-20-2015, 08:35 PM
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It's not just pilots starting out in their career. I am an experienced corporate and airline captain for thirty years. I've flown all over the world. If I wanted a new job as a regional airline pilot tomorrow I would have to start out at the bottom at around twenty thousand dollars a year as if I had no experience.
I know a great many pilots who just walked away to a new career. I know a great many pilots who are current, qualified and capable but are unwilling to work as a pilot for the wages offered.
All airlines in the United States without exception employ a strict system of hiring seniority that prohibits them from ever hiring a pilot beyond the lowest entry level position available at the lowest entry level pay available. Why would an experienced pilot wish to start out at the bottom all over again like an intern fresh out of college?
There is no shortage of qualified pilots available to fly these planes. The airlines just don't want qualified pilots, they want only new pilots that will work for intern level pay.
I know a great many pilots who just walked away to a new career. I know a great many pilots who are current, qualified and capable but are unwilling to work as a pilot for the wages offered.
All airlines in the United States without exception employ a strict system of hiring seniority that prohibits them from ever hiring a pilot beyond the lowest entry level position available at the lowest entry level pay available. Why would an experienced pilot wish to start out at the bottom all over again like an intern fresh out of college?
There is no shortage of qualified pilots available to fly these planes. The airlines just don't want qualified pilots, they want only new pilots that will work for intern level pay.
In addition to maintaining professional standards, pilot societies could be mandated to maintain national seniority lists based on fixed Date of Hire. In practice, an Airline Transport Licence would entitle its holder to apply for certification and, if he meets the society's standards, he would be issued his professional society's licence. Then, the first time he gets hired to fly equipment over, say, 12,500 pounds, he would be issued a permanent seniority number. Airlines and pilots could still maintain any joint in-house lists such as Captains Bidding Lists to fill vacancies. However, they would be spared the destructive turmoils mergers inflict on the industry. In such cases seniority would not be an issue because a more experienced pilot needed for a more demanding posting would likely have a better seniority number than a rookie.
At present, employer-specific seniority not only restricts the employer's freedom to utilize his crews as he sees fit, but also sets the limits of our careers. It determines our positions, casts our career potentials in stone, generates injustices—and, as a consequence, poor performance—and forces unwise promotions and costly training. It is not uncommon to find a four-year "veteran" who had spent his entire "career" sitting side-saddle (Second Officer) being promoted to captaincy after only a few months of "stick-time" (as First Officer, or—the more expensive form of training—captain trainee). Meanwhile, an accomplished pilot with better than twenty years of experience and an unblemished service record is forced by the seniority list to sit side-saddle. And he is one of the lucky ones: he found a job after his previous employer failed. Aware of the problems such absurdities might cause, most major airlines will not even consider hiring a furloughed pilot in the prime of his career. Since the value of seniority is tied to a pilot's employment by one specific employer, it could be said that the taboos of our present seniority systems are binding indentures for both Air Carriers and pilots alike. So maybe it is time to start thinking about ourselves as free agents again. (G.N. Fehér, Beyond Stick-and-Rudder, Hawkesbury, 2013, p. 25, 326-327)
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