IAM-represented Flight Service Specialists at Lockheed Martin play a
critical role in ensuring the safety of America’s skies, providing
weather, flight and other vital information to civil aviation pilots
across the country. When the Federal Aviation Administration privatized
Flight Service in 2005, it deprived the Specialists of their early
retirement federal pensions – a benefit that Specialists had paid for
with increased contributions out of their own paychecks!
Flight Service Specialists play a critical role in ensuring the safety
of America’s skies, providing weather, flight and other vital
information to civil aviation pilots across the country. Yet, when the
Federal Aviation Administration privatized Flight Service in 2005,
Specialists were deprived of their early retirement federal pensions –
a benefit for which they had paid increased contributions out of their
own paychecks.