Buzz Foster
@buzzfoster.bsky.social
57 years-old, and your gay Gen-X dad. ASD-1. Married. Kids. Skier. Glamper. Fuck the NRA. #BlackLivesMatter No Repubs or TERFs! Cor fige, vel mori. My state flag is better than yours.
Albuqueerque, NM
Albuqueerque, NM
I hope I was as good.
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I hope I was as good.
That's crazy hot.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
That's crazy hot.
I know what I want a taste of.
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I know what I want a taste of.
You are so good at it.
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
You are so good at it.
That's very understandable.
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
That's very understandable.
Last year we started celebrating Yule. Took the focus off of the big day, which we call "Santa", and put it on family stuff like baking cookies together and hosting a Yule party between the 25th and January 1st.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Last year we started celebrating Yule. Took the focus off of the big day, which we call "Santa", and put it on family stuff like baking cookies together and hosting a Yule party between the 25th and January 1st.
The absolute worst is when someone wants to "spare my feelings". Their ambiguity makes me believe that the shit they say is true.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The absolute worst is when someone wants to "spare my feelings". Their ambiguity makes me believe that the shit they say is true.
"Republicans Against Trump" are still republicans. Reagan and Bush 1 still actively fought against helping gay men with AIDS. Republicans are garbage.
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"Republicans Against Trump" are still republicans. Reagan and Bush 1 still actively fought against helping gay men with AIDS. Republicans are garbage.
I can definitely work with that.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I can definitely work with that.
Gawd, you're just gorgeous.
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Gawd, you're just gorgeous.
I agree. They shouldn't. They have access to the safest air traffic system in the entire world at no charge, yet they will bitch about anybody they perceive as getting something "free" from the government and scream about "socialism".
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I agree. They shouldn't. They have access to the safest air traffic system in the entire world at no charge, yet they will bitch about anybody they perceive as getting something "free" from the government and scream about "socialism".
Whenever a pilot bitches about socialism, ask them how much they have to pay for air traffic control services. The FAA budget comes out of the general fund. There used to be an airline ticket tax that helped to pay for it, but that hasn't been the case for 30 years at least. They pay nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Whenever a pilot bitches about socialism, ask them how much they have to pay for air traffic control services. The FAA budget comes out of the general fund. There used to be an airline ticket tax that helped to pay for it, but that hasn't been the case for 30 years at least. They pay nothing.
Can I have it next?
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Can I have it next?
Duffy is full of shit. There is no massive wave of retirements right now. After the post-strike hiring push that ended in 1990, there were very few controllers hired until well after the turn of the millennium. There's simply not that many retirement-eligible controllers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Duffy is full of shit. There is no massive wave of retirements right now. After the post-strike hiring push that ended in 1990, there were very few controllers hired until well after the turn of the millennium. There's simply not that many retirement-eligible controllers.
I retired from ABQ in 2018 after 30 years. The controllers I knew in the big houses all stayed until the end.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I retired from ABQ in 2018 after 30 years. The controllers I knew in the big houses all stayed until the end.
The highest attrition is at the academy. I think about half my class made it all the way through. Everyone who made it went on to a facility and career and eventual retirement. Your pay numbers are dead on.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The highest attrition is at the academy. I think about half my class made it all the way through. Everyone who made it went on to a facility and career and eventual retirement. Your pay numbers are dead on.
Most actually go all the way to the end of their career.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Most actually go all the way to the end of their career.
I think Duffy is lying. I have not seen an extraordinary number of retirement announcements coming across my feed from NATCA. But I don't doubt that the ones that are eligible have decided that they don't want any more of this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I think Duffy is lying. I have not seen an extraordinary number of retirement announcements coming across my feed from NATCA. But I don't doubt that the ones that are eligible have decided that they don't want any more of this.
Well, kinda. I was hired as a 20-year-old in 1988, which was 7 years after the strike and firing. I retired on Halloween 2018 after 30 years. I am now above the mandatory retirement age of 56. Pretty much all of the post strike hires are now retired.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Well, kinda. I was hired as a 20-year-old in 1988, which was 7 years after the strike and firing. I retired on Halloween 2018 after 30 years. I am now above the mandatory retirement age of 56. Pretty much all of the post strike hires are now retired.