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People are always surprised when I tell them I want to defund the FAA. They have irreparably harmed a beloved hobby of mine for generations. The list is quite f
by newZWhoDis 3y ago
People are always surprised when I tell them I want to defund the FAA. They have irreparably harmed a beloved hobby of mine for generations. The list is quite frankly endless.
- pc86 3y agoThey're certainly done a lot of harm but also a lot of good. Regulations are written in blood.
- WalterBright 3y agoLives that would have been saved with innovative improvements are not accounted for.
- hef19898 3y agoBecause everybody can just pull out a number for those lives out of their noses, while lives lost are pretty easy to quantify. The same goes for root cause analysis behind those lives lost, clear cut for actual losses, fuzzy for hypothetical losses.
- thinkerswell 3y ago[dead]
- badgersnake 3y agoYou’re arguing for a no-regulations free for all?
- resolutebat 3y agoNot the OP, but we can probably do better than this: https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2011/06/16/revitalizing-the-u-s-economy-through-government-spending/ https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2011/06/16/revitalizing-th...
- hef19898 3y agoSo, someone complained about some audit. Like almost wveryone else who went through whatever audit, myself included at time (I went through EASA audits, SOX audits, non-SOX accounting audits, customer audits). If people wouldn't complain, the audit would be to lax to begin with.