Dear Senator Nelson: In this day and age with so many millions of Americans being unemployed and homeless due to the poor economy and our nation struggling to find money to support wars on two fronts, healthcare, and keep our government running, as a small business owner and taxpayer that I find the FAA’s actions as reported by Brian Ross of ABC about the three-week drunken orgy and food fest, blessed with alcohol everywhere that for taxpayers to foot the bill for the travel and per diem expenses of over three-thousand FAA managers to be flown in from all over the country to Atlanta is absurd! This wasteful taxpayer expense is unethical, immoral, and totally unjustifiable at any level. The American public deserves better! As a former Government employee of 32 years, now retired, who abided by the Standards of Conduct I take such issues to heart. What the FAA employees in attendance along with their leadership have done is a knowing violation of § 2635.101 Basic obligation of public service, section (b) at subsection says…(5) Employees shall put forth honest effort in the performance of their duties. and then there is the section that says… and (14) Employees shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the appearance that they are violating the law or the ethical standards set forth in this part. Whether particular circumstances create an appearance that the law or these standards have been violated shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts. Furthermore, anyone with sense would know that such a party is a violation of § 2635.705 Use of official time. Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of his time in the performance of official duties. ACTION NEEDED: The FAA leadership has violated the public’s trust and should be investigated by Congress to get to the bottom of why this occurred, why there is such misuse of public office, and to require each and every FAA manager/employee in attendance to repay back to the American public the funds used during their attendance at the three week orgy in Atlanta wasting travel, per diem and government official time.Please advise what action your office will take in this regard. As a constituent I demand more from our Government leaders, and so should you and the President.