Controllers’ Fault

I found the most disturbing aspect of Warren Bennis’ July 5 column, “U.S. Firms Wasting Prime Asset: People,” to be the credentials of the author.

Bennis, a professor of business administration at the University of Southern California, wrote that the President “saw (air traffic controllers) as expendable and got rid of them, because they dared to ask for salaries that were commensurate with their responsibilities.” I thought that the firings were the result of violating the law with an illegal strike.

I realize that the article presented the professor’s opinions, but there is surely some minimum level of intellectual honesty appropriate in public discourse. I hope that in the classrooms of USC, the arguments include at least the major pertinent facts.

PAUL MANOOGIAN

Orange