“CQ, CQ” … My Last Transmission
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“Wow! I don’t know where to begin?” the male FAA Special Agent said to his female FAA Special Agent partner as he sat at the end of the table with his arms framing the seven-page statement I was just sworn-in to sign. To gain clarification I asked him, “What do you mean.” The FAA Special Agent said, “I don’t know where to begin my investigation, the EEO system that completely failed you, union in bed with management, or the misuse of authority by management itself.” Three days after speaking with the FAA Special Agents my Washington assigned liaison called me as he was on his way to a meeting in Washington, DC about one of the many things I had brought to light and said, “Samantha, I am so sorry. We are finding out that you are not alone. We are finding out that what happened to you is ramped at all the facilities nationwide.” My Washington assigned liaison went on, “There are things I can tell you and things I can’t, but I can tell you there are major changes in procedures coming because of what happened to you.” I thanked him and as I was hanging up the phone, hot tears began to roll down my face.
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The working world of air traffic controllers is filled with extreme pressure and stress, and for women controllers, sexual harassment. It is an atmosphere author Samantha Sims was caught in during her more than twenty years as an air traffic controller at an air route traffic control center in Miami, Florida, from 1990 to 2014. In “CQ, CQ” … My Last Transmission, she tells her story. From her growing up years being bullied, to serving in the Navy, to her twenty-year career with the FAA, this memoir narrates Sims’ life story. She tells how she could no longer endure the pervasive abuse handed out by male controllers and how she decided to stand up to the bullies and blow the whistle about what was happening on the job. “CQ, CQ” … My Last Transmission discusses how Sims survived the toxic environment to get her story out in the open. When the nondisclosure clause was missing from her out-of-court settlement with the FAA, she forced the secrets to be divulged. She shares her journal so others still caught in the system can get the relief they deserve.
About the Author
Samantha Sims was an air traffic controller at an air route traffic control center from 1990 to 2014. After more than twenty years, she is now retired. Sims spends her time as a race official and driving coach. She has one son. This is her first book.