Comments on: FAA’s Bobby Sturgell Gets a Little Good PR

By: John J. Tormey III, Esq.

John J. Tormey III, Esq. — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:23:22 +0000

Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell and his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continue to subject Americans to a steady-stream of jumbo-jet aircraft near-misses, unsuspecting flights on defective and unsafe airplanes, and other near- and actual disasters such as a recent fiery explosive crash in Moab Utah in which 10 innocent people were killed. Taken together, aviation mishaps are in epic numbers since Bobby Sturgell took over as Acting FAA Administrator over a year ago, as borne out by current NTSB accident statistics themselves:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

Recent FAA-floated publicity balloons faux-touting claimed new technologies, ‘going green’, ‘perfect flights’, and stories of how ‘carefully’ FAA self-reviews, are only superficial charades intended to placate and distract the American people. The bottom line? Bobby Sturgell’s fake regulatory agency FAA continues to tell us it is somehow OK for FAA and the airlines, whilst back-slapping each other, to enlist publicists to tell Americans that air travel was ‘never safer’. Meanwhile planes continue to fall apart in un-inspected disrepair, FAA management is exposed as criminally threatening dutiful aviation inspectors, and passengers along with innocent others on the ground are continually put in harm’s way. FAA is a ghoulish and grotesque revival of the Oberstar-decried, Schiavo-decried ‘Tombstone Agency’ – the taped-up-in-red embodiment of the notion that ‘If the plane doesn’t crash, we’re doing great’ – the notion that a federal agency is not required to anticipate and navigate around safety problems, but only react if there are one or more tombstones.

There are 10 more tombstones in Moab, Utah.

How many more will YOU tolerate?

Those passengers were innocent Americans.

Quiet Rockland again asks all members of the United States Congress, journalists, the aviation community, all other American citizens on each side of the aisle, and all other world citizens to ‘Just Say No’ to Bobby Sturgell, and help repopulate the FAA with responsible officials for a change.

Quiet Rockland
http://ejectsturgell.blogspot.com

By: controller A

controller A — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:48:18 +0000

The FAA/Stoogel has no idea how to fix the system. When there is no honest good pr, they make their own. Ill pat your back if you pat mine. They have discovered that when in a crunch, you can always kick the ones at the bottom of the totem pole. It does nothing to solve problemss, but it feels oh so good.
Ill spare the public a long speech on what Sturgell has REALLY done through experience of a controller. I will however say it is far safer to take a little more vacation time and drive to where you are going. This fuel crisis is a blessing of sorts because there should be less flights and more expensive tickets. This equals less living beings in the air at any given time. Decreased veteran manning and increased separation losses are a product of the Stoogel/Flakey era. If you insist on flying, make sure your Prudential policy is paid up to date. Have you played Russian Roulette lately?

By: Give Us A Break

Give Us A Break — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:12:59 +0000

Bush, INC. does NOT sit down and listen to anyone. That is the sad truth.

To expect Mr.Bobby to actually “do the right thing” is asking too much of him. He has his faults, but I would think the blame for this would go straight to the doorsteps of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

He (and Blakey and many others that have their hands in destroying the FAA) got his position purely through having lips firmly placed on the back ends of Bush and Co.

They sold their souls to the devil, so they must play by the devil’s rules.

And the American people are the ones that are suffering the effects of all of this political incest.

By: Rob Mark

Rob Mark — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:16:56 +0000

I don’t know which is worse, that Bobby is seen as the only guy who can help or that the fall back is Congress.

Any administrator can slam the door shut on negotiations like Blakey did. Now opening them up, that would take courage. Sitting down and listening to what people say – even if you disagree – now wouldn’t that be something.

By: Give Us A Break

Give Us A Break — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59:50 +0000

Isn’t that what the neighbors say when the police come and haul someone’s ass off to jail:
“Oh, but he was such a nice guy.”
“He was such a great family man.”
Etc. Etc. I can’t recall how many “nice guys” have ended up in prison, or worse, had a date with “Old Sparky”.

All I can judge this man is by his actions in the FAA, how he treats the public, Congress, and the FAA employees.

Mr. Nice Guy’s policies are forcing a lot of excellent folks to retire or quit because we can’t take being treated like vermin.

Yeah, some Mr. Nice Guy. I hope his kids sleep well at night, ’cause he has given many of us nightmares.

By: John J. Tormey III, Esq.

John J. Tormey III, Esq. — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:41:38 +0000

A “nice guy” does not regularly put innocent people’s lives at risk for the sake of giving himself political cover and padding the pockets of his mercenary airline friends. A “nice guy” does not make false statements to Senators under oath about it, either.

By: Thomas Walker

Thomas Walker — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:40:42 +0000

After reading the Sturgell fluff article, all is now starting to make sense. He loves his work and part of his work must be to make sure the controllers hate theirs.I’ve been an FAA air traffic controller for 6 years now and my job went from the greatest most challenging job in the world, to one I now despise. Share the love Mr Sturgell why don’tcha. And please stop telling the public and congress that your hiring plan is on track by hiring some 1200 controllers this year. The truth is you hired 1200 trainees, of whom 75% of them wont be actual controllers until sometime in 2011, and thats if they make it through the training process. Tell the truth Mr Bobby Sturgell, as a Naval Academy graduate your integrity should be one of your most favorable attributes.

By: Dale Kettring

Dale Kettring — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:17:36 +0000

FAA PR ship.

FULL SPEED AHEAD.

Aye, aye, Captain.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:28:27 +0000

Commander Sturgell i also agree you sound like a great guy, and a true patriot. You trusted me and I am guessing 20% of the present FAA who wore the Navy Blue to guide you in all conditions. PAR approach in woxof, or around Socals many vfr corridors. Well Trust us now because the system is broke beyond repair! Our only hope is for you to do the right thing. I am positive you know what that is! Cashing in your chips, and going public!!! tell the truth and tell it loud! Help us right this ship before it sinks! I Salute your service and pray your the right man in the wrong place! Do the right thing commander please!!!