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Trump begins firings of FAA ATC staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
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- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (72 points, 17 hours ago, 48 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43074281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43074281 Related:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers (346 points, 13 days ago, 645 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42933840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42933840
- I_dream_of_Gen1 2y ago[dead]
- throw0101d 2y agoDon't worry, SpaceX will fix things: * https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control... * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082635
- Rapzid 2y agoWhat's next? The chronically, critically understaffed NTSB? Wasn't the FAA outsourcing their regulatory responsibility to Beoing, effectively letting the foxes guard the hen house, pointed to as a major contributing factor with the Boeing situation? What's the strategy here to improve, or even maintain, aviation safety while making these cuts?