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Musk says DOGE will make ‘rapid safety upgrades’ to air traffic control system (thehill.com)
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[–] dance_ninja 87 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Rapid and safe don't go together

[–] rottingleaf 1 points 56 minutes ago

Shooting Elon is rapid

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That’s not true. I can think of a quick change that will greatly improve air safety: ground every single plane, effective immediately.

Would it affect my upcoming vacation? Yes. But would it work? Yes.

[–] StaticFalconar 4 points 5 hours ago

Getting a bus pass doesn't make you a better driver.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Theres an old saying you cant have everything Rapid safe and cheap.

You just need to pick 2.

[–] Majorllama 3 points 8 hours ago

Good thing they saved us a bunch of money by shutting everything down then. They can spend the pentagons sushi budget on quickly training some safe operators.