John J. Tormey III, Esq.

Southwest Airlines Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

So to the FAA I say, “I’ve got your ‘50 Year Celebration’ – RIGHT HERE!”

And my celebration of your tired and dysfunctional lawless and hypocritical agency, FAA, is to celebrate the now-manifest 50 Ways To FIRE BOBBY STURGELL.

1. Fire Bobby Sturgell for FAA’s threats made to aviation safety inspectors, now FBI-investigated.
2. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying about and seeking to cover-up the cracked Southwest planes.
3. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying about and seeking to cover-up the American airlines wire-bundles.
4. Fire Bobby Sturgell for perpetuating the Tombstone Agency culture, reacting only to a tombstone.
5. Fire Bobby Sturgell for “closing the book” on fuel-tank explosions when they remain a threat.
6. Fire Bobby Sturgell for countless mid-air near-misses and runway incursions.
7. Fire Bobby Sturgell for low-fuel landings and wrong-way departures.
8. Fire Bobby Sturgell for being nothing more than an aeromercantile sycophant and airline-company patsy.
9. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying about and seeking to conceal accidents and incidents when they occur.
10. Fire Bobby Sturgell for his repeated acts of perjury.
11. Fire Bobby Sturgell for his repeated acts of contempt of Congress.
12. Fire Bobby Sturgell for failing to consider people and lives on the ground.
13. Fire Bobby Sturgell for ignoring Inspector General Scovel and Congressman James Oberstar.
14. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying to threatened-to-be-overf... communities.
15. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying to the ATCs, to NATCA, to the American people, and to the press.
16. Fire Bobby Sturgell for making bad hires of unethical and incompetent colleagues.
17. Fire Bobby Sturgell for being inarticulate in a federal position that actually requires the ability to speak.
18. Fire Bobby Sturgell for seeking to maliciously manipulate the media at every turn.
19. Fire Bobby Sturgell for wasting unbelievable amounts of fossil fuel and energy.
20. Fire Bobby Sturgell for overscheduling our airports and over-saturating our skies, causing numbing delays.
21. Fire Bobby Sturgell for forgetting that the AMERICAN PEOPLE are the ‘customers’, not the airlines!
22. Fire Bobby Sturgell for rejecting any Culture of Safety.
23. Fire Bobby Sturgell for pretending to know what he is doing, while not caring.
24. Fire Bobby Sturgell for his arrogance and failure to lead.
25. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying that Redesign would create a 20% savings.
26. Fire Bobby Sturgell for only reacting when forced, and not otherwise.
27. Fire Bobby Sturgell for failing to timely implement NextGen and other critical technologies.
28. Fire Bobby Sturgell for taking orders from the wrong people.
29. Fire Bobby Sturgell for re-introducing defective planes and parts back into the stream of world commerce.
30. Fire Bobby Sturgell for collaborating with a FOIA unit to conceal information and falsify documents.
31. Fire Bobby Sturgell for wasting litigation dollars on matters that should never have been litigated.
32. Fire Bobby Sturgell for concealing flight plans.
33. Fire Bobby Sturgell for always blaming the victim and never taking personal responsibility.
34. Fire Bobby Sturgell for repeatedly screwing-up FAA Reauthorization.
35. Fire Bobby Sturgell for forgetting that he works for the people and not the other way around.
36. Fire Bobby Sturgell for the sought intimidation of bloggers and others exercising the First Amendment.
37. Fire Bobby Sturgell for ignoring Homeland Security concerns.
38. Fire Bobby Sturgell for not preventing dangerous non-Americans from “repairing” American aircraft.
39. Fire Bobby Sturgell for not fixing lax and rushed security and screening procedures at airports.
40. Fire Bobby Sturgell for harming the environment and contributing to our current energy crisis.
41. Fire Bobby Sturgell, to prevent more falling blue ice, aircraft parts, and pilot guns going off in cockpits.
42. Fire Bobby Sturgell for abusing the workforce of air traffic controllers, and not planning ahead for their retirement.
43. Fire Bobby Sturgell for getting investigated by virtually every federal law enforcement and governmental body that could do so.
44. Fire Bobby Sturgell for being the DelMarVa ideological spawn of J. Edgar Hoover, himself emanating from a Maryland biker-bar which recently posted racist, homophobic, and anti-biker epithets on its own outdoor wall.
45. Fire Bobby Sturgell for maintaining the “Partnership Program” with airlines that puts lives at risk.
46. Fire Bobby Sturgell for not preventing dangerous non-Americans from attending FAA-certified flight schools.
47. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying to Senators Arlen Specter, Claire McCaskill, Frank Lautenberg, and Barbara Boxer.
48. Fire Bobby Sturgell for fostering the “Cozy Relationship” with airlines, thereby abdicating his and his agency’s legal duty to regulate.
49. Fire Bobby Sturgell for helping waste over US$53.5 million on a failed NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign, and tons more money on other failed boondoggles.
50. Fire Bobby Sturgell for lying about the fact that he already quit his job and tapped Ruth Leverenz as his default successor.

Hey, FAA and Bobby Sturgell?

HAPPY 50TH!