FAA Safety Inspectors To Get $5,000 Contract Bonus - AVweb

Unionized workers in the FAA’s Flight Standards and Aircraft Certification organizations will be getting a $5,000 cash bonus and be allowed to continue spending only two days a week in the office. According to Federal News Network, negotiators for the 11,000 members of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union said this week they’ve reached a tentative deal with the FAA after two years of negotiations. It has yet to be ratified and will also have to go through a legal review to make sure it fits within federal labor relations rules, but PASS President Dave Spero told the Federal News Network he expects the process to lead to a final deal.


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Seems like a lot of fighting over one day. While I suspect the workers are right on this one being the better policy, I don’t see it improving relations. I agree with FDR on this one, public worker unions are fundamentally flawed. Are the American people really so greedy and terrible bosses that the workers need protections? Maybe the solution should be a fix that resolves the basic problems?