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The Trump administration emailed air traffic controllers urging them to quit and accept buyouts 24 hours after a fatal Reagan plane crash.

At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, the email urged federal employees to pursue private-sector jobs, offering pay incentives and vacation benefits while on government payroll.

This program contradicts established rules by allowing second employment, sparking union concerns about losing experienced personnel amid an air traffic controller shortage.

Trump blamed previous administrations for safety issues and misrepresented FAA standards, intensifying culture wars as officials remain uncertain about the buyout program's future.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

he probably caused all this and is just blaming everyone else again

[–] ultranaut 55 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Given the persistent and extreme understaffing of air traffic controllers it wouldn't take that many quitting at the same time to have a massive impact.

[–] athairmor 22 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

What do the think is going to happen? Privatize air traffic control? Or just rank the economy so bad they buy everything up?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well the cynic in me says "to undermine the public trust in the safety of air travel so people become more isolated, unwilling to organize, and dependent on either corporate-controlled media or gasoline-powered cars to maintain contact with any part of the world outside a 20-mile radius," and the nutjob conspiracy theorist in me sure thinks he could make a convincing corkboard out of it if you gave him enough thumb tacks and red string, but once again I could be making the mistake of assuming they're going into this with a plan and not just flailing wildly to make it look like they're addressing a problem they have no idea how to solve.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 13 points 3 hours ago

just flailing wildly to make it look like they’re addressing a problem they have no idea how to solve.

Yeah, rumor goes this started because the FAA had issues with Starship blowing up and raining debris, and Musk deciding to teach them a lesson.

[–] SpaceNoodle 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] QuarterSwede 3 points 3 hours ago

That is one angle. Hmm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

US can into theocratic Stone Age.

[–] lepinkainen 3 points 3 hours ago

Just get ChatGPT do it or something

[–] donuts 66 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How does it go again? "In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity"

The fact that they are using these tragic events as a means to dismantle the government even more quickly is horrifying to watch from the other end of the pond.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What's the old saying...

Never waste a crisis

Or something like that?

[–] TwanHE 7 points 2 hours ago

Never let a good crisis go to waste.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I see that Trump is trying to reduce US carbon output by drastically reducing commercial air traffic, either by simple lack of air traffic controllers or by making the public too scared to fly! Quite the environmentalist! /s

[–] Ensign_Crab 23 points 5 hours ago
[–] 9point6 8 points 4 hours ago

That'll help

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Reply all... Likewise