Airline Collision

[fishtm2001]

On January 20, the day donald was inaugurated, Federal Aviation Administrator, Michael Whitaker, resigned. Then on January 22, donald fired the head of the Transportation Security Administration (who was first appointed by Trump himself, by the way), as well as every member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, an institution created by Congress to improve airline safety after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.

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This was unusual. With a few exceptions, like during President Reagan’s vindictive mass firing of unionized air traffic controllers, the FAA has been a relatively uncontroversial agency. Administrators commonly serve out their five-year terms even if the presidency changes hands—President Obama’s FAA chief served into 2018 under Trump. Indeed, ensuring agency stability was one reason Congress made the position longer than a presidential term.


But shadow president Elon Musk—who, let me emphasize, is a foreign-born billionaire who has not been elected or appointed to any post—had been demanding Whitaker be sacked for months, because the FAA had been attempting to regulate his company SpaceX.

 

[Thebrownblob]

On January 20, the day donald was inaugurated, Federal Aviation Administrator, Michael Whitaker, resigned. Then on January 22, donald fired the head of the Transportation Security Administration (who was first appointed by Trump himself, by the way), as well as every member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, an institution created by Congress to improve airline safety after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.

smart


More from Ryan Cooper


This was unusual. With a few exceptions, like during President Reagan’s vindictive mass firing of unionized air traffic controllers, the FAA has been a relatively uncontroversial agency. Administrators commonly serve out their five-year terms even if the presidency changes hands—President Obama’s FAA chief served into 2018 under Trump. Indeed, ensuring agency stability was one reason Congress made the position longer than a presidential term.


But shadow president Elon Musk—who, let me emphasize, is a foreign-born billionaire who has not been elected or appointed to any post—had been demanding Whitaker be sacked for months, because the FAA had been attempting to regulate his company SpaceX.

Sorry, buddy, this is an ongoing problem. Take your nonsense elsewhere we’re done.
Personally, sounds like the people that were fired deserve to be. Hopefully they’re replacements are more successful.

“Chronic air traffic control staffing shortages impact the FAA's ability to maintain safety standards, the 2023 safety review found.
Last year, the agency barely exceeded its hiring target of 1,800 controllers - by 11. But the 2023 review found those very targets were insufficient to "adequately satisfy system needs".
Prof Hansman said staffing issues have been a "perpetual" concern, as waves of employees have retired. Mr Bazman, the retired air traffic controller, said Covid made a lot of staffing issues worse.
"It's a domino effect, it really is," he said.”

Near-misses were warning signs ahead of Washington crash

There were close calls at Reagan National airport and across the country before the collision that killed 67.

www.bbc.com

 

[oldngray]

 

[Thebrownblob]

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Unfortunately, our government is set up in such a way that fixing every problem for one president is nearly impossible. Only when a tragedy like this happens, do you realize how badly something is broken.

Remember, all of us have to travel on an airplane and would certainly like this problem addressed and fixed.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

What's little Petey up to these days?

 

[fishtm2001]

Sorry, buddy, this is an ongoing problem. Take your nonsense elsewhere we’re done.
Personally, sounds like the people that were fired deserve to be. Hopefully they’re replacements are more successful.

“Chronic air traffic control staffing shortages impact the FAA's ability to maintain safety standards, the 2023 safety review found.
Last year, the agency barely exceeded its hiring target of 1,800 controllers - by 11. But the 2023 review found those very targets were insufficient to "adequately satisfy system needs".
Prof Hansman said staffing issues have been a "perpetual" concern, as waves of employees have retired. Mr Bazman, the retired air traffic controller, said Covid made a lot of staffing issues worse.
"It's a domino effect, it really is," he said.”

Near-misses were warning signs ahead of Washington crash

There were close calls at Reagan National airport and across the country before the collision that killed 67.

www.bbc.com

via your link:

"The chronic controller shortage was made worse when a 35-day US government shutdown that started in 2018 put a pause on hiring. ...Michael Whitaker had resigned in December, just one year into his five-year term. Media reported the early departure was spurred by an adviser to donald President Elon Musk, who had called for Whitaker's resignation after the FAA proposed fining his rocket company SpaceX $600,000 for alleged launch violations.

 

[Thebrownblob]

via your link:

"The chronic controller shortage was made worse when a 35-day US government shutdown that started in 2018 put a pause on hiring. ...Michael Whitaker had resigned in December, just one year into his five-year term. Media reported the early departure was spurred by an adviser to donald President Elon Musk, who had called for Whitaker's resignation after the FAA proposed fining his rocket company SpaceX $600,000 for alleged launch violations.

In your TDS infected brain 35 days is a long time, but in reality it’s been a decade plus in the making, multiple administrations. Stop acting like a fool. Because of people like you people die and things do not get fixed.

 

[Gotta Go]

Sometimes you wonder...
How certain people make it thru the day...

 

[fishtm2001]

Here's donald in what was widely depicted as a highly disheveled appearance, in which he ranted incoherently about Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and DEI somehow being to blame. At least he has found time for the tanning bed: (FF to the 35 min. mark)

 

[Thebrownblob]

Here's donald in what was widely depicted as a highly disheveled appearance, in which he ranted incoherently about Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and DEI somehow being to blame. At least he has found time for the tanning bed: (FF to the 35 min. mark)

“While Trump has named an acting administrator in the wake of the crash, the permanent administrator will need to go through a congressional approval process.

Prof Hansman said the rotating door of administrators makes it harder to make substantive changes or improvements.

"It keeps keeping on, it keeps operating the way it has," he said.

But after Wednesday's crash, change should be expected, Todd Inman, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), told media Friday evening.

"Our job is to find the facts. More importantly, our job is the make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again - regardless of what anyone may be saying," he said.

"We will be advocating for years for changes that need to be made."

What a shock changes are going to be made when something bad happens? Looks like the president is on the right track.

And if your contention is Trump jammed more air traffic onto these airports why didn’t Biden stop it? Again again, multiple administrations caused this Situation.

 

[Gotta Go]

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[DriveInDriѵeOut]

"The chronic controller shortage was made worse when a 35-day US government shutdown that started in 2018 put a pause on hiring

In your TDS infected brain 35 days is a long time, but in reality it’s been a decade plus in the making, multiple administrations. Stop acting like a fool. Because of people like you people die and things do not get fixed.

The shortage was caused by a 35 day shutdown that happened 7 years ago. LMFAO.

I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the Democrat party's racist hiring practices.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

shadow president Elon Musk

 

[Doublestandards]

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I like how you guys pretend you never talked or complained about Biden or Obama… daily.

He’s the president, people are going to be talking about and criticizing him. Get over it

 

[oldngray]

An official with OPM, which made the resignation offers, said air traffic controllers are exempt from a hiring freeze that Trump announced on taking office on Jan. 20 and they are not eligible for a buyout even though they were sent the offer.

Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government

Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D

abcnews.go.com

 

[vantexan]

I like how you guys pretend you never talked or complained about Biden or Obama… daily.

He’s the president, people are going to be talking about and criticizing him. Get over it

As long as it's legitimate criticism have at it. And who's pretending we never talked or complained about Biden or Obama? They gave us plenty of legitimate reasons to bitch. What's bewildering to us is seeing the Left defend things like letting in millions of unvetted people illegally. Tried to turn the Afghanistan withdrawal into Trump's fault. Democrats used to be the party of peace but now y'all have gotten into bed with the military/industrial complex and criticize Trump for trying to keep us out of wars. It's extremely puzzling trying to figure y'all out.

 

[Doublestandards]

Democrats used to be the party of peace but now y'all have gotten into bed with the military/industrial complex

for all this talk about cutting the budget and spending, has Trump talked about cutting the military budget?

 

[vantexan]

for all this talk about cutting the budget and spending, has Trump talked about cutting the military budget?

No and he needs too. But he's talking about building an "Iron Dome" over the U.S. so don't expect too much cutting there.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

for all this talk about cutting the budget and spending, has Trump talked about cutting the military budget?

No he's talked about spending on defense rather than the military waste and foreign conflicts that Democrats and RINOS prefer.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

I like how you guys pretend you never talked or complained about Biden or Obama… daily.

I like how you pretend people are pretending they never talked or complained about Biden or Obama.