FAA misdirection

The save by RSW with N559DW was absolutely phenomenal. The pilot, Doug White, was grateful to the controllers for helping him set the BE20 down.

"The husbands and the wives of air traffic controllers have no idea what their spouses do for a living," White said. "They have no idea, particularly in a busy airspace like Miami or Fort Myers ... they don't make enough money for what they do, the service they provide." You can read this at CNN's website.

Focus FAA, at the FAA's employees site, also had an article. FAA Follies in particular liked the article. However, Focus FAA forgot one important, and glaring, portion of White's quote.

“The husbands and wives of air traffic controllers have no clue what they do for a living, or what they go through, especially in a busy airspace,” White said. “They are not given near enough credit for what they do. … Those guys are my heroes.”

It would appear that the FAA, in leaving out the quote regarding our, admittedly, divisive pay issue, doesn't want to appear to give any credence to NATCA's article. John Carr says something very similar.