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Spads With a Load (under WAR topic) is updated weekly now. Check back often to learn about OLAA, an obscure squadron of amazing A-1 pilots in Vietnam.

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Case No. 19-60716; Mark Estabrook, PETITIONER, v. Administrative Review Board, United States Dept. of Labor, RESPONDENT, and Federal Express Corp., INTERVENOR, ON APPEAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (EXCEPT OSHA) IN CASE NO. 17-0047 BRIEF FOR PETITIONER PDF, 70p, 16DEC2019

Mental Heath as a Weapon: Whistleblower Retaliation and Normative Violence. Kenny, K., Fotaki, M. & Scriver, S. J Bus Ethics (2019) 160: 801 PDF, 15p, NOV2019

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Case No. 19-60716; Mark Estabrook, PETITIONER, v. Administrative Review Board, United States Dept. of Labor, RESPONDENT, and Federal Express Corp., INTERVENOR, ON APPEAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (EXCEPT OSHA) IN ARB CASE NO. 2017-0047 RESPONSE BRIEF FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR PDF, 56p, 30JAN2020
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Case No. 19-60716; Mark Estabrook, PETITIONER, v. Administrative Review Board, United States Dept. of Labor, RESPONDENT, and Federal Express Corp., INTERVENOR, ON APPEAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (EXCEPT OSHA) IN CASE NO. 17-0047 REPLY BRIEF FOR PETITIONER PDF, 22p, 20FEB2020

FedEx Pilots, Union Agree To End Bargaining Promises Suit, Law360 PDF, 3p. 12MAY2017

BOOK REVIEW "Warnings: Finding Cassandras to stop Catastrophes" By former CIA Director Richard Clarke and R.P. Eddy, Washington Times PDF 2p. 05JUN2017

Pre-Incident Indicators of Terrorist Incidents: The Identification of Behavioral, Geographic, and Temporal Patterns of Preparatory Conduct, NCJRS PDF, 540p. MAY2006

FedEx 2017 annual report: employee pension is short $3.6 billion but 87.9% funded PDF, 96p. June 20, 2017

In 2017 FedEx CEO Fred Smith & five senior executives enjoy funded pensions valued at $84,181,954 in a "Parity Plan" separate from the employees PDF, 1p. June 20, 2017

2016 FedEx Annual Report slogan: "Latitude. Longitude. Altitude"

 

... a poor choice of words for the cover's slogan in FedEx pilot whistleblower Mark Estabrook's opinion. "They're serving al-Qaeda with all of the real-time aircraft tracking data they want and need on the internet, and then taunt them on the cover of their annual report," says Estabrook.

 

Employee pension plan deficit of $5.3 billion and 81.9% funded. PDF, 92p. June 21, 2016

FedEx ALPA channels Pelosi: educate the pilots before they know what's in their proposed retirement plan Video, 8:50 min, June 8, 2017

Fred Smith: Technology And Automation Will Make Us More Productive - 100 Seconds of Advice Video, 1:40 min, 21SEP2017

The term "Hawthorne Effect" was coined in 1958 by Henry A. Landsberger, when analyzing earlier experiments from 1924–32 at the Hawthorne Works (a Western Electric factory outside Chicago). The Hawthorne Works had commissioned a study to see if their workers would become more productive in higher or lower levels of light. The workers' productivity seemed to improve when changes were made, and slumped when the study ended. It was suggested that the productivity gain occurred as a result of the motivational effect on the workers of the interest being shown in them. (Source:Wikipedia) Video, 9:59 min, 29JUN2017

Bogdan Dzakovic, speaking on aviation security issues on behalf of the National Whistleblower Center in Washington DC, is a 14-year veteran of the Security Division of the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States. He started off his FAA career as a field agent and Federal Air Marshal, then served as a Team Leader in the Air Marshal program,  C-SPAN Video, 8:26 min, 27FEB2002

Bogdan Dzakovic testifying before the Terrorist Attack Commission Hearing Civil Aviation Officials testified about aviation security and changes in civil aviation policies and procedures following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. C-SPAN Video, 40:08 min, 22MAY2003

Before the NMB: Federal Express Corporation Objections to Certification of Election; PDF, 12p. 14JAN1993

Before the NMB: Supplement to Carrier's Objections to Certification of Election; Federal Express Corporation PDF, 26p. 04FEB1993

CBS News aviation and safety consultant Captain "Sully" Sullenberger talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about his issue with new FAA safety regulations intended to fight fatigue and how they do not apply for the pilots of cargo planes. Published on Oct 7, 2013. Video, 2:45 min, 7OCT2013

Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to address serious shortage  PDF, 2p, 20OCT2017

Lee Seham to Mark Estabrook on whether an independent union can participate in rerun election  PDF, 1p, 11FEB1992

Corporate Jargon - Lying By Obscurity Video 5:26 min, 20SEP2017

Complainant files reply brief in appeal of Estabrook v. FedEx AIR-21 whistleblower decision PDF 15p. 31JUL2017

Complainant's brief in support of petition for review of Estabrook v. FedEx AIR-21 whistleblower decision PDF 34p. 22JUN2017

PRESS RELEASE: FedEx ORDERED SECURITY WHISTLEBLOWER TO PSYCHIATRIC EXAM; Seham, Seham, Meltz and Petersen; White Plains, NY PDF 4p. 31MAY2017

Department of Labor ALJ gives American companies Soviet power to order whistleblowers to undergo psychiatric evaluation and treatment in Estabrook v. FedEx AIR-21 decision PDF 65p. 16MAY2017

Complainant's post trial reply brief in Estabrook v. FedEx AIR-21 whistleblower case PDF 20p. 20OCT2016

Complainant's post trial brief in Estabrook v. FedEx AIR-21 whistleblower case PDF 49p. 11AUG2016

AIR-21 Whistleblower statute: a kitchen table conversation, Lee Seham, Esquire Video, 15:33 min, July 21, 2016

OSHA statistics show that only a small number of investigations result in so-called victories for the whistleblower. The Whistleblower Protection Program as a whole found merit in 2.7 percent of cases and settled 15 percent from 2009-2014 PDF, February 23, 2015

Federal Whistleblower program fails to protect employees: NBC Bay Area Video, 15:52 min, February 5, 2016

Harold Koh, Yale University Law School, International Law Professor, in law and cybersecurity discussion at Brookings when he mentions printer bombs and notion of continuing threat v. self defense (Editor's note: "In my opinion, FedEx should opt out of both aircraft and package real-time tracking reporting under BARR legislation as an act of preemptive self defense. And it costs virtually nothing to implement.") Video, 1:56 min, April 1, 2016

The Untold Stories of the Whistleblowers of 1777 | Stephen Kohn | TEDxWilmingtonSalon YouTube Video, 15:34 min, 22MAY2003 Support National Whistleblower Day: July 30, 2018