Proverbial

Last friday, president Lula promised rebellious air traffic controllers they wouldn’t be punished for striking, and that the government would have a solution to their problem by tuesday, when it was supposed to send a Provisory Measure (.br) to Congress demilitarizing the sector. On monday, back from Washington and after talks with military advisors and [...]

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Everyone used to wonder what it would be like, but no one dared think it might actually happen. Guess what? It did (.br):
Flight controllers throughout Brazil started a strike tonight. “All airports in the country are closed for take-offs since 18h44″, informs Infraero [the State company responsible for public airports]. One controller told Terra that [...]

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As is also usually the case, the whole Congonhas’ situation keeps getting sillier. Denise Abreu, an Anac (National Aviation Agency) director said that nearby airports, such as Viracopos (in Campinas) and Cumbica (in Guarulhos), would only be capable of handling 30% of the traffic (.br) that would otherwise be operating in São Paulo. If that [...]

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These days I cringe whenever I see a news piece start with “Judge John Doe from São Paulo’s XXth Federal Court today determined (…)”. Why? Things like this (.br):
Judge Ronald Carvalho Filho, from São Paulo’s Federal Court’s 22th Judgeship, determined this monday that all flights operating with Fokker-100 and Boeing 737 aircrafts in Congonhas airport [...]

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It is no secret that this Workers’ Party administration has no sympathies for Varig’s problems. In fact, one might say that were it not for the Judiciary and the company’s judicial reorganization would never have gone through. Even after the auction, Anac (National Agency of Civil Aviation) stalled its homologation process and tried to strip [...]

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