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B-202304 1 (1981-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjbs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES : 7 ~WASHINGTON D.C. 20543 B-202304 -802304 June 15, 1981 FPC-81-57 eDo not ke vailable to public reading The Honorable Wqilliam V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your request for ourLcomments on S. 808. The bill, if enacted, would amend title 5 of the United States Code by establishing a new salary classification system for air traffic controllers, a shorter workweek, a spe- cial retirement plan, and the right to collectively bargain for wages and benefits. We cannot support the enactment of S. 808. We know of no justification for the generous and costly changes that the bill proposes. Furthermore, the cumulative effect of all the proposed changes in the bill would essentially make controllers unrecog- nizable as Federal employees by exempting them from most of the title 5 provisions that govern other Federal employees. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that S. 808 would cost the Government over $1 billion in the first year. The need for these expenditures is questionable, especially in view of the fact that FAA is not experiencing any problems in recruiting or retaining controllers. For example, FAA has ac- cepted applications for employment only twice nationwide in the last 3 years. Currently, 6,000 candidates are on the employment registers, and the FAA expect-s-to hire only 200 in fiscal year 1981. Retention of controllers at full performance levels has averaged approximately 95 percent. Our specific comments and analysis of the bill provisions follow. NEWl SALARY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM S. 808 would provide a new salary classification system for air traffic controllers. Specifically, the proposed salary sched- ule, which is derived from the General Schedule, would provide all- controllers an immediate $10,000 across-the-board pay increase and an automatic annual pay increase of 10 percent. The bill also 07/7

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