August 3, 1981

03 August 2015, 17:37

Jim Kobe

August 3, 1981

Where were you 34 years ago today at 8:00am?

Jim

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Cusom Gunmakers Guild

03 August 2015, 19:23

Lhook7

Sitting in Mrs. Testerman's seventh grade English class.

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"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett.

03 August 2015, 20:09

analog_peninsula

Jump school at Ft. Benning, GA. Probably doing PT in the wood chips and sawdust.

Not something that I'm likely to forget.

analog_peninsula
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It takes character to withstand the rigors of indolence.

03 August 2015, 21:54

richj

on the way to work, Offutt AFB.

I remember looking up the re-enlistment bonuses in 1981. It was a a multiplier of monthly salary from (0 to 4) x years of re-enlistment (4 or 6).

ATC was 4. so 4 X 4 year = 16 months pay

04 August 2015, 18:18

Jim Kobe

Damn, was I the only one?

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Cusom Gunmakers Guild

04 August 2015, 19:02

MeMe

quote:
August 3, 1981

Well... I was not sitting on an airport tarmac.

04 August 2015, 20:13

Macs B

Wasn't that the day the Air Traffic Controllers got fired for illegally walking off the job?

04 August 2015, 21:52

Jim Kobe

Actually, Reagan gave them three days to come back. I was one of 35 out of 276 the day before

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Cusom Gunmakers Guild

04 August 2015, 22:05

Grenadier

If I remember correctly, the controllers wanted a shorter (32 hour ?) work week and a $10,000 boost in salary, a huge sum in 1981. I thought giving them a "go back to work or you're fired" ultimatum was a great move. It was also a tremendous chance for lots of people who really wanted a job. The government hired hundreds of replacements, paid them while they trained, and gave them a job when they were finished.

05 August 2015, 02:36

Idaho Sharpshooter

it was the equivalent of sandpapering a Lion's ass with a handful of cockleburrs...

Evidently, one response was not sufficient. A comparatively short time later, Postal employees got the same offer, with much the same results.

To date, we have not had anybody want to take the third bite from that apple.

09 August 2015, 03:51

cal30 1906

I was in Camden Missouri when this happened, I think I was in the5 grade going on to the 6 th grade.
It was our vacation visiting my dad's side of the family. Seems to me that we had to fly all over the place just to get back home.

Cal30

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09 August 2015, 08:28

NormanConquest

I remember it very well as well as applauding Reagan's handling of the matter. I'm open shop + have never had any use for the new unions,especially when they think they can hold the public hostage with their demands. I miss Ronnie. The only drawback that I recall was that a few years back all of them became ready for retirement at the same time with not enough new blood to fill the void. Seems like they worked it out though.

13 August 2015, 02:01

Chief Engineer

A guess would be coming off the Graveyard shift at the S-O

17 August 2015, 08:47

NormanConquest

Cheif,for you as a fellow human being,I hope you are well. Politics are merde.

04 September 2015, 02:03

Dutch44

Well, guess again. The new ATC union is worse than this one ever thought of being. Totally corrupt. The inmates run that asylum.

04 September 2015, 04:17

Kensco

On top of the world.

Running twelve rigs in West Texas. All twelve booked out for the next year and more. Making more money than I ever imagined I could.

Six months later (February 1982) the music stopped. Majors started cancelling drilling programs. Highly leveraged Independents started turning belly-up.

WTI began falling from $33 a barrel to $15, and we never saw $33 oil again for almost 22 years.

04 September 2015, 08:33

NormanConquest

Well Dutch,just MAYBE we need a president with Reagen's balls to fix this.So far on the adjenda I don't see any prommising subjects.

04 September 2015, 19:52

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Well Dutch,just MAYBE we need a president with Reagen's balls to fix this.So far on the adjenda I don't see any prommising subjects.

Really? You don't see a candidate with balls like Reagan to do what's necessary?

I know of one very ballsy candidate that's been telling the PC crowd to "Stuff It" at every turn.