A Puddle Of Mud
When last we checked in on the waste of time that is Ventris Gibson, Assistant Third Butter Cutter On The Left, she was squandering taxpayer money and time at a sheetcake and punch party called, "Solving The Generational Puzzle."
There are a lot of things that puzzle Ventris. Like, "Where did all dem controllers go?" And, "Does this dress make my ass look even fatter?" And, "Why won't twelve fit in this Sudoku puzzle?" And, "I wonder if anyone is going to bust me for wearing ribbons on my Navy suit I didn't earn?" And, "Hearing loss...what a scam that was!" But I digress.
News flash, Venti: You wasted taxpayer money, FAA time and your own hot bag of gas running this scam of a sham of a class. As this article points out, THERE IS NO GENERATIONAL PUZZLE. People are all pretty much the same, have the same needs, wants and desires, and they all believe the FAA very closely resembles the Steve Carell hit TV show, "The Office."
Ventris and her accomplice Elvira buffaloed an entire roomful of people looking to bail out of their regular jobs for a few hours into thinking there is this great generational puzzle with four generations entering the workforce at the same time. Bullshit.
What did these two hags think has been happening since Grog took Bronk out to look for dinosaurs? They ran into old man Fromp with his newborn daughter Shekra tied to his back with a skin taken off some unwitting FAAMA drone while he played Minesweeper in his cubicle. The four generations worked in harmony to slay the dinosaur, and then they ate the little girl (hmmm...more tender.)
But Navy "veteran" Gibson and her AIA co-conspirator thought they would poison the minds of an entire workforce on their way out the door by forwarding junk research on a workforce too lazy or stupid to check the facts.
Lucky for the free world I am retired so I have time to call them on their bullshit. And pretty much if you see Elvira or Venti's yaps a'flappin, it's bullshit. Caveat emptor.
Ventris & Elvira?!? Therein lies the comedy. Kinda like Hollywood's 'Thelma & Louise.'
Posted by: kc | July 10, 2008 at 05:12 AM
You can bet that if the authors of the article open a camp in Tahiti, the FAA will schedule it for all management types.
They'll just claim to be polishing the knowledge they "gleaned" (scammed) from the initial training in Napa Valley.....
Posted by: Already Gone | July 10, 2008 at 09:43 AM
The sad thing is that these FAA managers would not even be viable candidates to manage you local Burger King. I know if I owned a franchise I would not hire a mgr so out of touch with real people and so mean spirited and vindictive to production workers. If Vaintress managed a BK many employees would resign and the remaining ones would sabotage the operation. I would rather find a 20 yr old kid to manage my franchise.
Posted by: moshowme | July 10, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Elvira and Ventwis would look good in a jail cell together.
Posted by: C$M4 | July 10, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Look even better (in jail cell) with W, Dickhead, Rove, Scooter, McDumb, Gramm, Limbaugh, O'Reilly and the rest of the thugs.
Posted by: suupercub | July 10, 2008 at 11:40 PM
This is a critical post, folks. The FAA has banked on this crap of several generational differences being the reason for the dissent in the workforce. Generation Y wants this, Millenialists want that, Generation X wants something else. Boomers, well, they want it all. Bullshit.
Ventris went to Memphis Center, I believe, where she could not do her "Generations: The Tour" presentation after the assembled rose up and complained about their treatment. There were no multi generational distinctions in the complaints. Supposedly, the Air Traffic Manager had to be called on to restore order.
What happened was Ventris ran square into Generation "U". As in U screwed all of us and we are one on this.
I was proud of the reaction, and to my knowledge, "Generations: The Tour" ended.
Posted by: John Fisher FAAMA | July 11, 2008 at 02:36 AM
And what have you, Mr. John Fisher FAAMA, done to try and stop the screwings?
Did you stand up in St. Louis and cry "bullshit!" Doubt it.
Do you look the other way at minor dress code infractions? Doubt it.
Do you refer to the white book as anything other than a contract? Doubt it.
Have you asked for Federal Whistleblower protection and spoken out against the incompetent and vicious leadership that has gotten us to where we are? Doubt it.
You, Mr. Fisher, are part of the problem. Leading from where you are my ass. Middle management such as yourself aren't leaders at all. You are lap dogs that do the bidding of the criminals above you without hint of complaint while you keep getting the raises we no longer get.
You say you are proud of the reaction at ZME and I believe you. Now how about making us proud and organizing some of your fellow FAAMA types into a full blown rebellion against the bullshit that is going on? In other words, grow a pair and be a leader.
Until then your words ring hollow.
Posted by: Not ME | July 11, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Not ME,
Cease fire!!! Friendlies!!!!!!
Posted by: John Fisher FAAMA | July 11, 2008 at 12:23 PM