subject: Good Job, Feds [print this page] Thank you, Mike Causey. With all the media attention given to the GSA screw ups lately (guilty), fedsin and out of the General Services Administrationare faced with negative depictions of themselves and their work left and right.
How about some good news?
Federal News Radios Causey points to the recent Virginia crash in which a Navy fighter pilot crashed into an apartment complex this week as an example of exemplary federal work. Huh?
Bear with him:
That nobody was killed is a minor miracle. Or was it?
While the incident is still under investigation, it is clear that much (maybe most) of the jet fuel on the F/A-18D Hornet fighter which was apparently out of control and going straight up was dumped before it crashed into the Mayfair Mews apartment complex in Virginia Beach. That action alone either because of superb training or divine intervention drastically reduced the scale of the fire that followed when the aircraft slammed into the buildings.
Both crewmen managed to bail out at the minimum height safety level and both survived. So did everyone in the apartment complex. The pilot who was rescued by local residents apologized profusely for hitting their building. Most residents of the pro-military town seem to have adopted an accidents-happen attitude and are grateful the flyers and people on the ground survived it.
Although the government and the military have a reputation for red tape, the Navy moved immediately to provide financial aid to people impacted by the crash. It has set up shop close to the complex where impacted individuals can be given up to $2,300 to help pay immediate costs, for lodging, food, clothes, etc.
Quick thinking and admirable follow up after the unfortunate event on the part of all federal employees involved reveals a handful of workers the government should be proud to call their own. Such actions, of course, are not what the media chooses to focus on. Instead, we see flames and broken jet pieces.
Causey includes other instances in which federal employees demonstrate great worth. Stories such as these are what get swept under the rug in favor of more scandalous fare found over at GSA.
Thats not to say we shouldnt ignore the negative stories. If government is behaving inappropriately, they should be called on it every time. But once in a while, lets find something to positive to publish.
Do more positive stories about federal employees need to be spotlighted? Or are negative stories more common, and therefore more pervasive?
by: TMGov
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