Obama Gets the Trains to Run on Time
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 15th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Obama Gets the Trains to Run on Time
After President Barack Obama on intervened Saturday in SEPTA’s strike, the union announced that as long as their workers show up for their shifts, Regional Rail service will be restored fully on Sunday. The strike began after negotiations between SEPTA and its engineers and electricians unions failed to reach a new contract deal Friday. Obama on Saturday granted Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s request to create a presidential emergency board to mediate the contract dispute, forcing the 400 union workers to go back. Obama ordered the establishment of the three-member board effective at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and called for “a swift and smooth resolution.”
Skydiver Damages Plane, Pilot Jumps
Although Shawn Kinmartin flies planes for a skydiving service, he hadn’t done any skydiving himself — that is until he had to make an emergency jump on Saturday. On his fourth flight of the day taking jumpers up, Kinmartin was cruising at 11,500 feet over eastern Missouri and southern Illinois when he realized that his final skydiving client had damaged a key piece of gear while jumping out of the plane. During the jump, the skydiver struck the elevator of the aircraft, a part of a plane’s tail that controls its ability to climb and descent. “When I jumped out of the aircraft it was at 2,000 feet, so I only had 1,500 feet left till the ground,” Kinmartin said. “And when I hit the ground the plane spiraled and crashed into the field.”
