Posts Tagged ‘NATCA’
Release Announcement of THE TOYMAKER
I am pleased to announce the upcoming release of the second Jake Pendleton thriller, THE TOYMAKER. As you know from The Savannah Project, Jake’s world was turned upside down, he shot the assassin Ian Collins in the Friars’ Chamber in Ireland, but the killer got away. Now he’s returning to the United States and…
Read More“ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT: THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM IS CLOSED.”
That line was said thousands of times on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 by air traffic controllers nationwide. The next line went something like this: “You will be instructed to land at a nearby airport.” After that, each aircraft was given a clearance from our nation’s skies at the rate of one per second. One…
Read MoreAugust 3—30 Years Later and Still in the News—WHY?
On August 3, 1981, 85% of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) members went on strike against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Within hours, President Ronald Reagan ordered them back to work or lose their jobs. Roughly 10,000 thought he was bluffing and lost their jobs—permanently. I’m not going to argue whether PATCO was…
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