I would appreciate you giving me the opportunity to respond to this letter (AVmail, May 17).Mr. Jim Bemiss:I am a dedicated and hard-working Air Traffic Controller at the Terre Haute, Ind., AFSS. I must say I was offended at your letter this month on FSS privatization. Yes, we are in danger of losing our jobs to the lowest bidder. At the same time we are required to continue to keep performing our duties with less staffing and to provide you -- the pilot -- all the new Temporary Flight Restricted Areas across this nation. I do not support any co-workers providing less than excellent service to the pilots. We are a service organization, and should be providing the very best service to our flying public. I will personally apologize for my brother and sisters in this agency whose attitudes should have been adjusted. However, did you report those controllers to management?Please understand we deal with thousands of pilots daily, and we talk with pilots who seem to need attitude adjustments, but I for one will always treat you with respect, because I am here to serve you.Please reconsider your stand on privatization, because next year you may be paying for your ATC services. You might ask your brothers and sisters who fly into Canada and Europe how that is working for them!Name withheld by request
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