If I see wrongdoing in my agency (especially with the new personnel system coming) I would challenge it. If I have been threatened by management or seen others harshly dealt with for expressing concern at mistreatment then I might even challenge them outside the official chain of command.

I read a very distressing story yesterday about 11 FAA employees who were fired and later reinstated on appeal. It seems that the real reason for the terminations (this came from a witness who was actually testifying on behalf of the FAA) was to bring about a change in culture.

This sounds like a code word for being out of step with the personnel system. The arbitrator found no reason to question their job performance nor was any reference to their job performance made in the reason for termination.

This kind of abuse of authority concerns me deeply.

What individual or even group of individuals would have the courage to stand up and confront that kind of intimidation?

Firing 11 employees in the same area for no good reason should have raised red flags all the way up the management chain - unless the instruction to use this intimidative tactic originated from the top. — Joe

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