Secretary Duffey got caught saying he moved his wife’s flight from there. How are the GOP not outraged?! He had insider info and was willing to let others possibly be harmed.

No worries. There's a plan. A 1.5 page plan to revamp the entire ATC system.

Here it is in all of its gilded glory!

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2025-05/Brand%20New%20Air%20Traffic%20Control%20System%20Summary.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:The night of the fatal crash of the helicopter and the Kansas plane near DCA, an air traffic controller was doing two jobs at once. FAFO.

With the permission of a supervisor!!! The guy who was supposed to also be working was “allowed” to leave several hours earlier than usual.

Yes but it was unusual to have only 1 ATC while air traffic was still heavy. Supervisor should have said no, employee shouldn't have asked. Then and going forward.

I seriously doubt they left without taking sick leave. ATC isn't McDonald's where you just click out and go home if your supervisor says ok. These people are working a highly stressful job while dealing with DOGE threats to cut their job. You think they are going to be laser focused on their job with that going on?

Anonymous wrote:So with the FAA DEI purge, were any women and minorities kept on staff? are all the ATCs white men now?

Would you want to be a woman or person of color working in aviation these days? Trump's first reaction post fatal DCA crash was to blame "DEI" for the crash.

So with the FAA DEI purge, were any women and minorities kept on staff? are all the ATCs white men now?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The night of the fatal crash of the helicopter and the Kansas plane near DCA, an air traffic controller was doing two jobs at once. FAFO.

With the permission of a supervisor!!! The guy who was supposed to also be working was “allowed” to leave several hours earlier than usual.

Yes but it was unusual to have only 1 ATC while air traffic was still heavy. Supervisor should have said no, employee shouldn't have asked. Then and going forward.

Anonymous wrote:DOGE is going to cause deaths - because of this, because of medical research cuts, because of VA cuts, because of cuts to food and mils safety inspections and so on.

Absolutely this. Don't forget the NOAA cuts as well, good luck with that farmers and maritime employees.

Anonymous wrote:And this is Biden's fault because...

because he wasn't able to get the GOP to not tank the bill that would have funded the recruitment, training and retention of ATCs in 2023.

And this is Biden's fault because...

Anonymous wrote:The night of the fatal crash of the helicopter and the Kansas plane near DCA, an air traffic controller was doing two jobs at once. FAFO.

With the permission of a supervisor!!! The guy who was supposed to also be working was “allowed” to leave several hours earlier than usual.

The night of the fatal crash of the helicopter and the Kansas plane near DCA, an air traffic controller was doing two jobs at once. FAFO.

Well at least they got rid of all those DEI hires!

I don’t think it’s safe to fly right now

DOGE is going to cause deaths - because of this, because of medical research cuts, because of VA cuts, because of cuts to food and mils safety inspections and so on.

This is just mind warping to me:

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/newark-airport-had-3-controllers-on-duty-when-the-goal-is-14/

Apparently they moved ATCs from EWR to Philly in order to save on costs via relocation to lower cost of living areas. So much DOGE efficiency in action. How many lives are they putting at extreme risk every single day? What's the goal here, to crash planes on purpose in order to have good reasons for why AI and Starlink should be used to take over aviation safety? How can the govt possibly allow planes to keep flying to EWR when they only have roughly 1/5th the target staff levels? The military should be brought in to assist with air traffic control at this point. This is insane.