{"id":1801,"date":"2002-04-28T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2002-04-28T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2002-04-28T08:33:08","modified_gmt":"2002-04-28T13:33:08","slug":"watch_out_for_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/28\/watch_out_for_t.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch out for that tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joy. During Prince Abdullah’s visit to beeyooteeful Texas, a request was made to keep female air traffic controllers away from the plane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Really. Honestly. It didn’t come through official channels, and I suppose it could have been someone’s idea of a rather low-key joke, but the request did wend its way through the system and, while the prince’s plane was arriving, folks in the tower did make sure it was a man guiding the plane in.<\/p>\n

What?<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, if the prince would rather not be taken out to Hooters, fine, that’s the role of a host to make sure that his or her guest feels comfortable.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to someone who is not in one’s face, when it comes to arbitrarily disqualifying a set of trained professionals at the whim of … somebody … then that’s just …<\/p>\n

Well, if the word had come through that no blacks should be allowed to man the ATC radar, or no Jews, or no non-Muslims … would anyone have even considered the whole matter? Would an all-white, or all-Christian or all-Muslim crew been kept on duty while the controller management sorted it all out?<\/p>\n

Mercifully, the request was not honored during the flight out. The Crown Prince is lucky he didn’t get steered into controlled airspace. Or the ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joy. During Prince Abdullah’s visit to beeyooteeful Texas, a request was made to keep female air traffic controllers away from the plane. Really. Honestly. 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