Anyway…continue to fight the good fight, brother blogger, and hopefully our paths will cross sooner rather than later.

Very best,

John S. Carr”

Never crossed my mind to try to draw you out. But long as you’re here John, how the heck are you feeling? Jack Daniels is the cure for almost anything I hear.

I guess you’re OK. Missed your return call.

RJG

Thank you very much for the kind words. As far as the nickname….I got that when I was one of the team of negotiators who landed the 1998 NATCA/FAA contract. Those were the glory years of a profession that Marion Blakey almost single-handedly destroyed.

How I got the name is a very, very funny story and not at all what people think. I’ll email it to you privately. I was called that almost exclusively (Johnny The Bull) for the last ten years, and sign much of my work JTB. In fact, once when I was flying and trying to wiggle my aircraft out of a two hour delay I told the FA to tell the Captain to tell the tower that John Carr was aboard. She came back a few minutes later and said, “The captain said the tower said ‘who?’” I told her, “Tell him to say he’s got Johnny The Bull.” The next thing we heard was, “Fasten your seat belts, folks, we’ve been released….and thanks, Bull.”

After the flight he asked if he could say that all the time…I told him to have a ball, but I traveled a lot and might be in the room he was talking to when he made the request. We both had a great laugh.

See what you did? Made me start typing again. Veeerry cagey Rob.

Anyway…continue to fight the good fight, brother blogger, and hopefully our paths will cross sooner rather than later.

Very best,

John S. Carr
aka JTB
aka Johnny The Bull
Immediate Past President, NATCA
Current retiree, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida

This dude been holding out on me. I never heard anyone call him that. Cool.