Uh, Vesta? Slow times at the airport don't mean squat. They're GOVERNMENT WORKERS. They've got the closest thing to guaranteed lifetime employment you'll find in this country.
How do you Sparky explain the lay offs at our local ship yard.?? They the workers have a Union to pay dues to, for all the good it does them as they cannot strike.
Newport News has had massive lay offs in the mid 1980's, soon as a Carrier was built, half the workers were let go.
In some yards not going to mention names it goes like this. A kid goes into the military for 8 years or so, gets out and takes their skills to a shipyard, their military time is automatic on the books, day one they have 8 years seniority.
A slow time is coming, supervisors may have go back to their tools for a while, the politics is ruthless, who knows who, who is related to whom, who belongs to what Lodge or civic group.
Lots to say about government workers and job security, but that security is not for outsiders or for those that are well qualified for a job but don't bother to put down big Anchors to the comunity.
Ah the water front, the seat of the biggest skulduggery known since man had to pay a tribute to float up stream on a raft with pelts and shells to trade.
This is what we know about government workers, they can be bought, sold and run off not because of what they know but who they know.
A knowledgeable person in any trade are a dime a dozen, a job opening will pull in 200 people with the same education and experience, but the one that gets the job will have backing from the comunity, friends and family.
A big different world from what people who live off coast are use to. Government jobs are not all alike some will get you a living wage, others will make you a millionaire. It is up to the individual how to play the game of LIFE.
