Thomas Jefferson Once Said, "When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred." Living through the past few months watching Congress show their opposition to debating and evasiveness in passing a budget (not an approved budget in five years, I might add), while I felt the impact, and heard and saw the results of their lack of empathy, I extended President Jefferson's angry count to one thousand after one hundred just didn't do the trick. Although the impact to aviation employees cannot compare to the impacts felt by our military families or to those impacted by delays in Federal aid, we looked with saddened eyes at those who lost their contractor support positions, the FAA employees who worked not knowing if they were to be paid for their labor, and the anxiety of FAA employees who were furloughed, not knowing if they would make their family budget for the next month. How is it possible to turn one's back on those who strive to continue to make the National Airspace System the best in the world?
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