FAA AIDES FACE CURBS ON JOB SHIFTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00965R000400040066-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2004
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: November 17, 1959
• Content Type: NSPR

sWASHi N POST
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i November 1959
e
At Aides
Federal
? Appointees would be re-
quired to give up all military
ese1ve and National Guard
onnect.ion& Several thousand
FAA employes are reservists.
Those selected for FAS would
have their accumulated retire-
ment credits frozen on a pro-
rata basis either for an im-
mediate cash -pay-off, or sup-
plemental retirement payments
from FAS.
Penalties Provided
fled periods of time certain
normal civilian prerogatives
such as the right to quit work-,
ing for any given employer:
and the right to choose where
employment will be accepted.",
Along that line, the readi-
ness group proposed these ad-
ditional benefits for FAS mem-
bers:
Face Curbs
On job Shifts
By Jerry Kluttz
Staff Reporter
Upwards of 30,000 Federal
Aviation employes may be
asked to give up traditional
rights to quit their jobs and
to work where they please in"
return for better pay, retire-
ment and other fringe bene-
fits. Administrator E. R. Quesa-
da. is expected to ask Congrresss
in Jan,arYto pei"ttitt FAA
opera a on 'a. cbtlt'liimtatton ci-
vilian-tTifba gum
crhtTttaxry
*A'. -The
It
a ~'
law that created FAA a year
'ago requires the agency to
recommend a personnel plan
to Congress by next Jan. 1.
Defense officials are reluc-
tant to transfer their 2095
(military air navigation and air
,,control facilities at 337 world-
wide locations to FAA unless
they can be assured of con-
tinuity of operations. About
20,00 military people now man
these units which FAA plans
to take over, under the law,
over a fiwe-year period.
FAA officials are reported
to be sharply divided over the
extent to which the majority
of the a g e n e y: s employes
I should be militarized, particu-
larly during peacetime.: Gen-
erally, however, they are
agreed that job freedoms
]should be restricted during
national emergencies.
mmetrtted to' Q u e'sa d'
Approved
The team report said that'
"membership in FAS must be I
"clently attractive and re
Sao 'ding to make its members;
ling to'relinquish for spe'ci-'
present Civil Service rates
would be 'given members ei-
ther through a percentage in-,
crease or by the establishment
of a separate grade and clas-
sifi.cation system for FAS.
ZWI,Lwu _-
right to resign would be elini- ? Service in FAS would ex-
Ind whenever the President erupt members from compul-s
deterhii.nes the #latiomal d`e-I gory military service under . the{
fence requires it. Those who ; - Selective Service Act, and FAS II
leave their jobs during suchf_ service would give its mem-
period could be charged with bers- preference for Federal
desertion and subjected to civilian jobs under the Vet-
1LiaAS ptict?ppor to resig-
? An agreement by the em-
ployes to work at such times
and places as the administra-
tor may require.
fault.
subject to these. conditions: through no o ir ow .
w
1
000 anc ey Severance pay up to a
pointed and subject to orders ? ev -salary pay each full
from the FAA. administrator. month's 'service to those
Appointments to FAS, the year
team recommended, should be members who are separated
fth
'
that a Federal Aviation Serv-
ice (FAS) be created to give
"commission - t y p e" appoint-
ments to key officials and
staff personnel, operating em-
ployes such as controllers and
maintenance people, and sup-
porting employes. Eventually,
the number would exceed 30,-
? +11
ould be an.
violate t h e i r employment
agreements would be penal-
ized by the loss of their con-
tributed retirement funds, the
loss of credit ' for past Fed-
eral service, and they could be
"blackballed" from future ci.
vi.liin Federal employment,
Employes who "willfully"
allowed to retire on full an-
nuities at any age after 30
years of service.
? Those transferred to new
posts could be paid special
allowances to help them pay
relocation costs for themselves
and their families.
? Employes who complete
overseas tours would be re-
turned to this country without
loss of pay even though no
appropriate or. comparable do-
mestic vacancies exist.
? Preemployment and other
required medical costs would
be paid by FAA.
? The administrator would
be empowered to provide hous-1,
in for employes and their
ies IV tTiose areas erei
'tLequate housing is unavail-
able within the vicinity of
FAA facilities.
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