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Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shreveport native back to work after firing from FAA by DOGE rescinded
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Roughly one month ago, NBC 6 News brought you the story of a Shreveport native who was a casualty of Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, firings. On Monday, that employee, Charles Stadtlander, was informed he'd gotten his job back. Stadtlander worked for the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City until being abruptly fired on February 14. He was one of the thousands of probationary employee layoffs that day. On Monday, Stadtlander was made aware by the Department of Transportation that his firing has been rescinded. More U.S. and World News He worked on a national security project funded by the Department of Defense, which he said is vital to national security. 'National security is something that when you grow up in Shreveport Bossier, particularly seeing the large B-52 bombers flying over on a regular basis that is just ingrained in you. It is incredibly important,' said Stadtlander during an interview with NBC 6 News in February. 'I just hope that folks understand that this is incredibly irresponsible and it's very very dangerous.' This comes after a U.S. District judge in Maryland last week blocked DOGE's mass firings and ordered thousands of probationary workers to be reinstated. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
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Man fired from FAA describes mass firings as ‘incredibly irresponsible, very dangerous'
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Thursday marks one month since President Donald Trump took office, and in that time, federal government employees have been fired by the thousands. Shreveport-Bossier native Charles Stadtlander is one of the employees who was fired. He says he doesn't know why or by whom. He says the firings have created mass confusion and are threatening national security. 'My primary project that I was assigned to was a critical national security project that was funded by the Department of Defense,' said Stadtlander, who worked for the FAA until this past Friday night. 'My work computer started shutting down. My files started disappearing and the programs that I was working in started to just close out.' He worked out of the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City and was among thousands of probationary employee layoffs on February 14. Stadtlander says it wasn't due to the quality of his work. 'I was just given a performance based, merit based pay increase that actually went into effect this pay period. The pay period that I was fired,' he said. And he doesn't officially know who fired him. 'The email address looked very similar to the types of email addresses that we have been trained to report because they were potentially fishing,' he said. 'The termination letter that I previously described was unsigned. It kept using the pronoun 'I,' but it was unclear who 'I' was. It has created a lot of confusion because the FAA and the Department of Transportation did not terminate me.' He believes he was a casualty of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Stadtlander says that national security is at the heart of his work, and his knowledge of the project he was assigned should have been handed off to someone else. He says that didn't happen, and he feels there is a potential national security lapse as a result. 'National security is something that when you grow up in Shreveport-Bossier, particularly seeing the large B-52 bombers flying over on a regular basis, that is just ingrained in you,' he said. 'It is incredibly important. I went to Benton High School. I was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Shreveport is my home.' It's estimated that around 400 FAA personnel were laid off beginning on Friday. Stadtlander feels the job cuts will put taxpayers at risk. 'I just hope that folks understand that this is incredibly irresponsible and it's very, very dangerous,' he said. Stadtlander says he took a pay cut to take the job due to his respect for national security. He says he plans to appeal his firing once he officially finds out who fired him and whether that agency was authorized to do so. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
