No {excrement} the mandate is a detriment to security. Not to toot my own horn but... Next month I will almost certainly be walking away from a nearly billion dollar project, taking 35+years of experience with me. 100%, solely because of the vax mandate. I wish the best of luck to my project team (120+), but I have got to stick to my principles. They are going to be seriously “leadership challenged” when I leave. I did not instigate this. I would have been happy to stay with the program for years, but....
God bess you. I seriously hope the project suffers in your absence. No reason for them to continue reaping benefits from your years of hard work and dedication. If they aren’t willing to follow your lead in solidarity I say screw’em.
I made my plans to exit stage right starting in 2012. With the country re-electing the Kenyan, after all of his lies in his first term (not to us, but to his own people) and then being re-elected by a 4% margin...I knew the country was gone at that time.
But maybe that shouldn’t have been a surprise. After the Tea Party provided a “wave” victory to the GOP, they didn’t even hesistate before bending the “tea party” activists over the desk. And, of course, the most low energy, non-Tea Party candidates possible were selected to run against the Kenyan.
Classic.
My final act before hanging up my spurs and heading to Galt’s Gulch was to secure a nice $100M services contract for my company. 2 days after the contract was inked, I was gone. (Still got a fairly decent capture bonus, though it would’ve been far better had I been willing to stick around for 6 months afterward)
I sympathize with you on bailing because of this mess. Me, my happiest occasion was when I had to sign my SF 312 and get fully debriefed.
Enjoy your trip to Galt’s Gulch. Be sure to keep your seatbelt fastened and your arms fully in the plane during the flight (if you so choose to do so).
Good for you - stay strong.
Next month I'm walking away from 42 years of aviation experience, 23 with my present company.
There are worse thing that could happen to a man besides living with (a lot) less money.