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… so “Stop using words that mean we’re in trouble!”  Or so say some managers in the FAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBe advised that anytime a facility uses the word STAFFING, you can rest assured it will be seen immediately in writing at the Headquarters level,\u201d wrote Denny, a top manager of the agency\u2019s operations in busy Charlotte. \u201cIf for any reason you use the STAFFING word, PLEASE advise me ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denny, who could not be reached for comment, goes on to say that a control tower recently could not fully operate because a controller was sick. \u201cIt got reported up the line as a STAFFING issue, when it was a SICK LEAVE (or scheduling issue),\u201d Denny wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is all follow-up, of course, to the admission by the FAA that a STAFFING problem caused the crash of Comair 5191 (i.e., only having one controller in the tower rather than a greater number dictated by regulations).  The way to avoid having the top bosses know you’re having a STAFFING problem?  Avoid use of that naughty word.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(via Terry<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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