Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"All in all, it's been a challenging but productive year for the agency... [FAA employees did] whatever was necessary to keep the [air traffic] system safe -- and after all other factors are taken into account, that's the one that matters the most."

Source: FAA acting administrator Robert Sturgell. Most of the FAA's 45,000 employees will receive a 3.08 percent raise this year, and an additional one-percent raise, on average, based on geographic location. Nearly 85 percent of agency workers are also eligible to receive additional raises, based on individual job performance... but overall, FAA employees failed to meet all the agency's performance goals for 2007, including in the areas of customer service and financial management. Had those goals been met, the 3.08 percent base-rate would have been higher.

FMI: www.faa.gov