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Leif.
Mar 27, 2005

Son of the Defender
Formerly Diplomaticus/SWATJester
TSA would be cool if you are working overseas. I had the aviation safety and security portfolio at my last embassy post, where we had a last-point-of-departure flight to Washington. The TSAR that handled most of sub-Saharan Africa seemed to really enjoy his job and had a pretty good personal hotline through his A/A up to the administrator, but was dreading going back to the US to head up whatever office he was going to next. We had a good relationship though, he came through every 30-60 days (we got more attention than other posts due to bilateral reasons on the State side, rather than TSA side), and the work was fun and meaningful. Being able to say "Yep, you guys had X number of major and Y number of minor deficiencies in your last inspection, now you only have Z, great job guys, you are a tangibly safer and more secure airline/airport" was kind of awesome in a way you don't always get in a fed job.

On the other hand, the FAA reps overseas made it their duty to make my life miserable, and were completely incompetent at their jobs.

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Leif.
Mar 27, 2005

Son of the Defender
Formerly Diplomaticus/SWATJester
Somewhere in the dictionary, under cushy jobs, is a picture of a patent examiner chilling in his underwear at home, technically "working". There's several goon examiners actually.

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