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

"I do not consider it a coincidence that in the bargaining environment of the case, where the FAA has interpreted and applied its unique bargaining statute to deprive the Panel of jurisdiction to resolve bargaining disputes, one of its unions has sought to resort to a form of force: not economic, but political force, through the vehicle of a vote of its members on the agency's proposals."

Source: An unnamed judge with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, in ruling last week in favor of the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), AFL-CIO, the union that represents FAA systems specialists, regarding the FAA's Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) case.

FMI: www.passnational.org, www.faa.gov