▲ 628 ▼ Trump blames DC air crash on workers with "severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, or other mental or physical conditions" (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by SuperCub@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 113 points 2 years ago (2 children) Timeline: Jan 20 - Federal Aviation Administration Director fired. Jan. 21 - Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen Jan. 22 - Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded Jan. 28 - Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees Jan. 29 - first American mid-air collision in 16 years By golly, Trump is actually correct. Someone with severe intellectual disabilities did fuck us over. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's mind boggling anyone would even try to dismantle the FAA- they're one of the most boring organizations out there and their #1 concern is safety. There's even tons of money to be made while worrying about safety, so it is so odd to do this. Trying to reduce air traffic controllers is an insane idea in general- without them everyone's flying blind. It's gonna take decades to figure out all the damage this moron has done just like with Reagan permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] drthunder@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it's one of the most useful government offices if you're a billionaire who travels by plane everywhere. Plebs who have to drive everywhere are a lot less affected by overworked, overstressed, underpaid ATCs than guys like him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Well thanks to the ElonJet guy they know where all the important planes are.... Who needs flight control when you have xcom /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Drastically reduce their budget Fire the most experienced people Watch it all go to hell. More accidents and close calls. Blame gov workers and democrats ???? Profit! permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He's still bitter over PATCO, 1981 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's mind boggling anyone would even try to dismantle the FAA- they're one of the most boring organizations out there and their #1 concern is safety. There's even tons of money to be made while worrying about safety, so it is so odd to do this. Trying to reduce air traffic controllers is an insane idea in general- without them everyone's flying blind. It's gonna take decades to figure out all the damage this moron has done just like with Reagan permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] drthunder@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it's one of the most useful government offices if you're a billionaire who travels by plane everywhere. Plebs who have to drive everywhere are a lot less affected by overworked, overstressed, underpaid ATCs than guys like him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Well thanks to the ElonJet guy they know where all the important planes are.... Who needs flight control when you have xcom /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Drastically reduce their budget Fire the most experienced people Watch it all go to hell. More accidents and close calls. Blame gov workers and democrats ???? Profit! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drthunder@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it's one of the most useful government offices if you're a billionaire who travels by plane everywhere. Plebs who have to drive everywhere are a lot less affected by overworked, overstressed, underpaid ATCs than guys like him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Well thanks to the ElonJet guy they know where all the important planes are.... Who needs flight control when you have xcom /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Well thanks to the ElonJet guy they know where all the important planes are.... Who needs flight control when you have xcom /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Drastically reduce their budget Fire the most experienced people Watch it all go to hell. More accidents and close calls. Blame gov workers and democrats ???? Profit! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He's still bitter over PATCO, 1981 permalink fedilink source parent