Apparently not everyone around the globe learned a lesson when President Reagan fired the striking air-traffic controllers in the United States. Now it appears as if the air-traffic controllers in Ireland have issued a formal notice that they plan to go on strike against the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA).
Ninety-nine percent of the air-traffic controllers, members of the Impact trade union, voted to go on strike.
Such a strike will have a dire effect on commerce, halting all air traffic in and out of the country, and be against the public good; therefore, the strikers should be fired as they were in the United States. No one has the right to put a gun to the head of a major enterprise whose smooth and efficient service benefits the public. To do so is a breach of the compact that exists between public employees and the public which it serves.
The Irish government may wish that they have a Ronald Reagan in their midst.
