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Do Not Fly Right Now [1]
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Date: 2025-02-05
Musk’s cost-cutters to ‘plug in’ to air traffic control system, Trump’s transportation chief says
Elon Musk’s “DOGE” cost-cutting squad will soon turn its attention to America’s air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday in a post to Musk’s social media site X. “Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system,” Duffy said. Duffy offered no details and the Transportation Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But shortly prior to posting the missive, in a speech before a conference of state DOT officials, Duffy promised to “remake our airspace.”
They must be so tired of winning.
The guy, who in over a decade of empty promises, has not been able to build a self driving system for cars, is now going to upgrade our airspace, without any planning or oversight.
If you think that title sounds like too much… by all means, trust the guy who’s been killing people with his cars, and put your family on the airplane. I know I won’t. My family isn’t going anywhere near an airplane for as long as this shit is going on.
Maybe it’s time to start enjoying long drives again. Perhaps trains are still safer for a little while. Who knows? Maybe I can borrow my brother’s RV and do a 3 day trip next time, instead of flying.
But I am not going to gamble with the lives of my family, knowing full well I would be placing a bet on someone who’s shown us a complete lack of regard for human life.
Just a heads up to you all, so you can make decisions that are good for your families.
Read the whole article, it’s very interesting. As you get deeper into the article you’ll also find out about their plans, without actual plans, to add many more traffic controllers to the towers, without the hassle of going through the many years of training in the specific situations that they require.
What could go wrong?
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