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The president has a large support staff to keep the lights on most of the time. Unless the nation is physically under attack, the president's day-to-day job is
by curt15 2y ago
The president has a large support staff to keep the lights on most of the time. Unless the nation is physically under attack, the president's day-to-day job is probably physically less demanding than that of pilots. They have plenty of time for golf.
- wcunning 2y agoNone of that support staff is constitutionally allowed to make the call to respond to an imminent or ongoing attack. We need a commander in chief and we need to know who that person is -- which was the whole point of the Presidential Succession Act and the 25th amendment. This isn't even a Biden thing -- we had similar issues with Wilson, FDR, Kennedy and Reagan, and I'm sure that some administrations had similar issues that were never reported or written about afterwards.
- nothercastle 2y agoAirplane can fly and land themselves for the most part it’s only in case of a emergency does a pilot really need to have quick judgment
- mensetmanusman 2y agoEconomic attacks are a thing.
- runarberg 2y agoIsn’t that true of airplanes as well? In theory support staff in the flight control room could instruct e.g. a flight attendant or even a passenger to land an airplane. However it is still not a good idea, chances are it will fail, so you do as much as feasible to prevent both pilots from becoming incapacitated in a large commercial plane.
- Perceval 2y ago> Unless the nation is physically under attack, the president's day-to-day job is probably physically less demanding than that of pilots. Having worked in the White House, this is 110% wrong. The Presidency is an extraordinarily demanding job. The cognitive demands and the and physical toll it takes on you is tremendous.
- Suppafly 2y ago>They have plenty of time for golf. Only the bad ones. The good ones have less downtime than a regular person. Random dudes you work with probably golf more than most presidents do.