[John_W]

You're not the only one who knows about unions, has been a member, has been an officer, has been involved in a job action!!! Been There - Done That - You're not going to change Unions when they provide protection for the work force.

When I was a controller and you were involved in an accident. The NTSB, the FAA, the Aircrafts owners/operators and the Controllers Union would all investigate. If the aircraft crashed because the controller made an error, that's what the FAA's report would read. If the controller was working three sectors combined without a coordinator or hand-off man, or there was poor radar coverage in that area, or whatever the extenuating factors were, that's what the Union's report would read. Then the NTSB would sort it out. If not for the union, the Controller would hang!!