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To unions, our young Mr. Slater
refused to bow down or cater
"I'm
using my brains
on steam powered trains
and I'll deal with ATC
later!"
— AVweb's own Bob Kaputa
It could be that dear Rodney,
Is on the right path,
in asking for
childlike tome.
As we all know, it's the controller who blow
the airlines schedule to
havoc.
But with juvenile eyes, the airport size
would no longer be a
factor.
We could stack all the planes
like toy boats
pokemons, and
tractors.
For as we know, for all their audacity,
the children know more, for
sure,
about toy box capacity.
— Anonymous
I wonder what Mr. Slater will report
when there are no more GA
airports?
Save the Airports! Is that his motive?
No! He's still working
on the locomotive!
— John Webb
A VIP secretary named Slater
Preferred acting much
later
As he covered his chin
He spoke with chagrin
"I'm responsible
for many a crater."
—-
A politico by the name of Mr. Slater
While known as quite a
debater
Preferred making acting much later
His delayed actions, of
course
Looked like the back of a horse
And he finished his life in a
crater
—-
A political hack named Slater
Viewed himself much greater
But when
he was dead
He was buried instead
In a self-made very deep
crater
—-
Clinton's political sidekick named Slater
Was deemed as an aviation
group hater
While he juggled with engines of steam
He lost the country's
esteem
And ended up quite a self-hater
— Walter Henry
Wade
There once was a man from D.C.
Who made the following
decree
"The children shall write,
about the beauty of flight"
While
our planes plunge into the sea
— Anonymous
Hickory-Dickory, Doc!
There's traffic at twelve
o'clock.
If you're studying poetry
While ignoring ATC ...
BRACE
YOURSELF for the shock!
— Larry Bruce
T'was the week before Thanksgiving
And all through the nation
All
the citizens were watching
Their television stations.
The sky is falling,
Or so it seems
The public was in panic
Over
a few terrible scenes.
Two 767s had went down in flames
All the DOT would comment on
Was
inspecting old trains
Poems, they wanted
About transportation
From the children through
eighth grade
Who really don't care.
Poems, they're getting
Like it or not
From the pilots they're
avoiding
In this really big plot.
Steam locomotives may be real important,
But explosions rest easy not
in our minds.
Wake up, and rise off your laurels
Go out and cure this
big quarrel.
There are those who want answers
And those who want justice
Please
find out what is wrong
With the planes we fly
And help us to fix
them
Before many more die.
— Jeremy King
There once was a man name of Slater,
And action he always pushed
later,
"The accident rate
is low at this date.
We'll wait for a much
bigger crater!"
—-
Ms. Garvey desires a truce
But Boyer has set the dogs loose
She
can't take the ribs
By all of us FLIBS
Nor the calls for a well-fitted
noose!
—-
Sec Slater of the D.O.T
Has, once again, shocked you and me!
The
system may crash
O'er the New Years Eve bash
But he'll have some nice
kid poetry!
— Larry Bloom
ATC can bite the dust,
In engines of steam we will
trust,
A poem to ride shall save the day,
While safety slowly slips
away
— Pat Lowers
Rodney Slater and his group in D.C.,
Says write a poem to try and
explain.
How to make today's traveling safer,
And be at less risk on a
steam-powered train.
Never mind those big jets and small planes,
Dashing 'round in these
dangerous skies.
We shall all just accept lack of vision,
As
prerequisite for government eyes.
— Curt W. Helling
Our tower needs more hours from controllers
To handle the
jets of high-rollers
Who fly to Nantucket
With bucks by the
bucket
But Slater thinks more of old coalers
— Dick Mercer
There once was a Secretary named Slater,
who put off FAA matters
until later,
He couldn't be rushed,
to listen to the fuss,
of those
suffering the slow regulator.
Seems his office is likely too busy,
with regs for steam trains
making dizzy,
To make enough time,
to address the whine,
from planes
stacked overhead in a tizzy.
— Scott Newman
I think that I'll never see,
transportation as lovely as
steam.
WAAS is a mess,
ATC is in unrest.
And we can forget about
Y2K.
Because at the end of the day,
Rodney Slater's steam regs will pave
the way,
for exciting transportation opportunities in the good ol'
USA!
— RonMgr@hotmail.com
To the Honorable DOT's Slater,
there's nothing that could be much
greater
than trains with steam boilers,
coal shov'lers, and
oilers
(unless maybe traveling by freighter?)
Perhaps in the ensuing millennium,
he'll finish the steam train
compendium
and begin to unravel
problematic air travel
and policies
we don't comprehendium
— Dave Leonard
While ATC Wilts
New Century Steam Engines
This is Pathetic
—-
Airplanes Are Complex.
Steam Engines I Understand.
Forward to the
Past!
—-
ATC Gridlock
Fly Circles Around Airport
Please Fix This
Problem
— Don Carter
"Slater to the Rescue"
One November morn in the cool still air
The skies were buzzing, above
a thick cloud layer
The pilots were many and controllers were
few
Aircraft were calling but could not get through
The radar screens were cluttered with a mass of flights
As the
controller's panel gleamed with emergency lights
The computers were old and
had failed once again
No one had thought of a contingency plan
Just when a solution could come no later
There he stood, Mr.
Secretary Slater
"I have a plan, your worries are in vain"
I've revised
the procedures to inspect our steam trains
A sigh of relief spread across the skies
As Slater's plan brought
tears to our eyes
Our troubles are over, we can all go home
And our
children can celebrate by writing a cute poem
— IFRGUY0299@aol.com
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