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Post by fu on Mar 22, 2013 19:49:16 GMT -5
...and fulfilled all the terms of your contract (4 years + 6 months of extensions) and knew the FAA wanted to close the CWO program and you would probably never deal with the FAA again, what would you charge the FAA for the 2 month extension they are supposedly talking about?
This could be a reason why they haven't announced their intentions, they are waiting for the Vendors to return the signed mods extending the contract.
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Post by coldlover on Mar 26, 2013 17:27:42 GMT -5
makes total sense.
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Post by luvsnow on Mar 26, 2013 18:44:51 GMT -5
Why would the contractor require more money for something that they are already doing and making a profit on? We, as observers, certainly wouldn't get paid any more on the extension. Also why burn a bridge with the FAA, who knows what the future holds. A couple of unfortunate weather related crashes and things may change back. Just a thought but if the CWO quit for 6 months to a year all observers have no vacation first year, no union agreement first year, etc.
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Post by fu on Mar 26, 2013 19:06:17 GMT -5
Some of them spent thousands of dollars and 100's of hours preparing the last contract bid that the FAA will not award.
If the sites close and the observers file for unemployment the unemployment rates that the employer pays rise.
The contract that was supposed to be awarded required that they provide computers in all offices, some of them might have already purchased them when the FAA announced the "awards" a few months ago.
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Post by thecatalyst on Mar 26, 2013 21:26:57 GMT -5
I can't see the new contracts NOT being awarded. If the FAA were to default on them, they only open themselves up to legal matters. A contract is a contract (binding agreement). If you cancel, there are repercussions.
But as I understand it. The contracts are for 1 year, with 4 or 5 optional years. I can easily see the FAA requiring all B sites to go part time, and then re-evaluate after the 1 year contract has expired.
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Post by weatherking on Mar 26, 2013 23:08:27 GMT -5
The way I understand it is that the contracts were awarded verbally. Nothing was officially put in writing and sent to future awardees, at least from what I heard. Therefore there would be no legal binding contract.
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Post by fu on Apr 5, 2013 11:00:35 GMT -5
Guessing they haven't gotten all the signed extensions back from the vendors yet.
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