FAA Throws Drunken Christmas Bash in Atlanta

The FAA flew 3600 managers into Atlanta to partay harday for three weeks.  Oh, they looked at some powerpoint slides but spent the rest of the time drinking and recovering from their hangovers.  I think they also took advanced training in nagging about those seat trays.

From ABCNews here:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spent five million dollars this month to bring 3, 600 managers to a conference in Atlanta that FAA whistleblowers and critics say was little more than an excuse to throw a three-week-long Christmas party.

Undercover video shows FAA managers drinking heavily and making the rounds of Atlanta bars after a day of meetings. One FAA manager told an ABC News undercover reporter, “Anytime you get a bunch of FAA guys together, it is nothing but a party.” Another said, “It beats being at work.”

The FAA says the purpose of the December meetings was to train managers on the new contract for air traffic controllers that went into effect on Oct. 1.

At the end of one day of meetings, an FAA manager said he and others were about to head out “to dance on tables shortly.” He boasted he was “almost arrested” for being drunk and “dancing on the tables” at the last such FAA managers gathering in St. Louis in 2006.

Another conference attendee asked a female ABC News undercover reporter if she was a “hooker” because “I was ready to reach for my wallet.”

Check out the video on ABC’s site. In all fairness, this was ambush journalism. The Government does have to do training and this is sometimes the way they do it.  To me, this shows that especially Government employees need to beware who they speak to at these conferences.  And don’t even joke about getting hookers. 

They were at the Omni hotel, where I was at for GFIRST, and we threw one helluva party for the government. Our party had a llama!

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