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The real question, I feel, is whether the current U.S. government as it exists in 2025 is still capable of continuing to improve things, and whether it's still

The real question, I feel, is whether the current U.S. government as it exists in 2025 is still capable of continuing to improve things, and whether it's still putting all the lessons of the past into practice - or whether we were just coasting on a combination of luck and the vestigial safety left to us by the diligence of the past.

LeoPanthera 2y ago
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- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  nothing new there
tmountain 2y ago
The current administration wants to burn it all down and doesn’t carry any reverence or appreciation for past accomplishments or prior work.
venusenvy47 2y ago
Considering that the head of the FAA and TSA were forced to resign, and a hiring freeze on air traffic controllers is suddenly in effect, I don't think the current government wants to improve flight safety. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-01-22/flurry-white-house-actions-reaching-aviation https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-0...
- contravariant 2y ago
  Honestly I'm expecting an executive order banning left wings at this rate.
- AdamN 2y ago
  Reagan fired the ATCs when they tried to assert their rights - can't be good if they think they may be the next in line for DOGEing.
  - richwater 2y ago
    > when they tried to assert their rights That's an interesting way of phrasing going on an illegal strike which they agreed not to do as part of their employment contract.
    - brendoelfrendo 2y ago
      The fact that a strike can be illegal is, in and of itself, an erosion of worker rights.
      - richwater 2y ago
        It's a compromise to ensure the functioning of the country. PATCO members were offered more than double % raises of any other government employee with a small reduction in work hours. They overplayed their (illegal) hand and it bit them. No sympathy.
        snailmailstare 2y ago
        Everyone else was offered 2.5%?
      - amazingamazing 2y ago
        unpopular opinion - but public workers should not be able to go on strike, and in fact shouldn't even be allowed to unionize. it's antithetical to democracy. they should simply run for office and change things, not hold taxpayers' services hostage. unions make sense for private organizations because private organizations are effectively authoritarian entities, not democracies. there is no mechanism in which you could actually "vote" anyone out or establish a leadership position by virtue of popular support, and most importantly there's no constituency to air grievances to
        jacobjjacob 2y ago
        I don’t agree with your opinion but I think you make a great point. They are definitely very different situations which at least warrant some differences in policy.
- neuronexmachina 2y ago
  > Considering that the head of the FAA and TSA were forced to resign For context, the heads of the FAA and TSA are supposed to serve 5-year terms. The FAA Admin (Michael Whitaker) who was forced out started serving in Oct 2023. The TSA Admin (David Pekoske) was first appointed in 2017, and then nominated for another 5-year term in 2022. As far as I'm aware, this is the first time those positions have ever been told to resign by a new administration.
  - venusenvy47 2y ago
    I've been avoiding the typical outrageous statements from the current POTUS for many years, but his comments at his press conference today, about how DEI hiring could be responsible for this accident, are just unbelievable. And all of a sudden it seems to have made him to decide that the FAA needs a director today.
    - baggy_trough 2y ago
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    - jumpman_miya 2y ago
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      - teachrdan 2y ago
        With all due respect, Hacker News is not the place for making blanket assertions with no references. Please post a citation if you have one. Otherwise please don't waste readers' time with unfounded rumors.
        j-bos 2y ago
        Poster may be referring to the complaints about the devaluation of the standardized CTI process https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/download/7406/6805/14556 https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/d... There was also a lawsuit against the last Sec of Transportation which I believe was related but not too sure.
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago
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LeoPanthera 2y ago

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insane_dreamer 2y ago
nothing new there

tmountain 2y ago

The current administration wants to burn it all down and doesn’t carry any reverence or appreciation for past accomplishments or prior work.

venusenvy47 2y ago

Considering that the head of the FAA and TSA were forced to resign, and a hiring freeze on air traffic controllers is suddenly in effect, I don't think the current government wants to improve flight safety. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-01-22/flurry-white-house-actions-reaching-aviation https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-0...

contravariant 2y ago
Honestly I'm expecting an executive order banning left wings at this rate.
AdamN 2y ago
Reagan fired the ATCs when they tried to assert their rights - can't be good if they think they may be the next in line for DOGEing.
- richwater 2y ago
  > when they tried to assert their rights That's an interesting way of phrasing going on an illegal strike which they agreed not to do as part of their employment contract.
  - brendoelfrendo 2y ago
    The fact that a strike can be illegal is, in and of itself, an erosion of worker rights.
    - richwater 2y ago
      It's a compromise to ensure the functioning of the country. PATCO members were offered more than double % raises of any other government employee with a small reduction in work hours. They overplayed their (illegal) hand and it bit them. No sympathy.
      - snailmailstare 2y ago
        Everyone else was offered 2.5%?
    - amazingamazing 2y ago
      unpopular opinion - but public workers should not be able to go on strike, and in fact shouldn't even be allowed to unionize. it's antithetical to democracy. they should simply run for office and change things, not hold taxpayers' services hostage. unions make sense for private organizations because private organizations are effectively authoritarian entities, not democracies. there is no mechanism in which you could actually "vote" anyone out or establish a leadership position by virtue of popular support, and most importantly there's no constituency to air grievances to
      - jacobjjacob 2y ago
        I don’t agree with your opinion but I think you make a great point. They are definitely very different situations which at least warrant some differences in policy.
neuronexmachina 2y ago
> Considering that the head of the FAA and TSA were forced to resign For context, the heads of the FAA and TSA are supposed to serve 5-year terms. The FAA Admin (Michael Whitaker) who was forced out started serving in Oct 2023. The TSA Admin (David Pekoske) was first appointed in 2017, and then nominated for another 5-year term in 2022. As far as I'm aware, this is the first time those positions have ever been told to resign by a new administration.
- venusenvy47 2y ago
  I've been avoiding the typical outrageous statements from the current POTUS for many years, but his comments at his press conference today, about how DEI hiring could be responsible for this accident, are just unbelievable. And all of a sudden it seems to have made him to decide that the FAA needs a director today.
  - baggy_trough 2y ago
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  - jumpman_miya 2y ago
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    - teachrdan 2y ago
      With all due respect, Hacker News is not the place for making blanket assertions with no references. Please post a citation if you have one. Otherwise please don't waste readers' time with unfounded rumors.
      - j-bos 2y ago
        Poster may be referring to the complaints about the devaluation of the standardized CTI process https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/download/7406/6805/14556 https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/d... There was also a lawsuit against the last Sec of Transportation which I believe was related but not too sure.
Slava_Propanei 2y ago
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