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Another option: they shouldn't be government employees at all. It would be much better for them to work for the actual airports themselves and be certified by t

Another option: they shouldn't be government employees at all. It would be much better for them to work for the actual airports themselves and be certified by the government or a private testing organization instead.

slg 7mo ago
LaGuardia, like many (most?) airports, is run by the government. This is a distinction without a difference, at least in this case.
- throwway120385 7mo ago
  Which government? State, Federal, City, or a Port Commission? There is in fact a significant distinction between the responsibilities and capabilities of each of these levels of government and you can't lump them all together. My home airport is operated by a port commission, which is government, but the port commission's task is to operate the ports.
  - slg 7mo ago
    >There is in fact a significant distinction between the responsibilities and capabilities of each of these levels of government and you can't lump them all together. But all private businesses have the same responsibilities and capabilities and therefore can be lumped together as one entity? The asymmetry in how you're critiquing the way this is discussed ends up revealing your bias.
- exabrial 7mo ago
  LaGuardia is not ran by a local government, not the Federal Government.
  - slg 7mo ago
    I genuinely have no idea what point you’re trying to make here. Do state governments not count as governments?
    - exabrial 7mo ago
      [flagged]
      - slg 7mo ago
        I still have no idea what you're attempting to convey here, but the way you answered a genuine question with what reads like an attempted insult tells me that I shouldn't care about whatever you were trying to say.
wat10000 7mo ago
There’s a lot of ATC that isn’t specific to a single airport. And lots of airports are owned by a government anyway.
mememememememo 7mo ago
Corporates that famously put people before profits. Bean counters will salivate how they can have one controller do 10 airports (with a bit of AI).

slg 7mo ago

LaGuardia, like many (most?) airports, is run by the government. This is a distinction without a difference, at least in this case.

throwway120385 7mo ago
Which government? State, Federal, City, or a Port Commission? There is in fact a significant distinction between the responsibilities and capabilities of each of these levels of government and you can't lump them all together. My home airport is operated by a port commission, which is government, but the port commission's task is to operate the ports.
- slg 7mo ago
  >There is in fact a significant distinction between the responsibilities and capabilities of each of these levels of government and you can't lump them all together. But all private businesses have the same responsibilities and capabilities and therefore can be lumped together as one entity? The asymmetry in how you're critiquing the way this is discussed ends up revealing your bias.
exabrial 7mo ago
LaGuardia is not ran by a local government, not the Federal Government.
- slg 7mo ago
  I genuinely have no idea what point you’re trying to make here. Do state governments not count as governments?
  - exabrial 7mo ago
    [flagged]
    - slg 7mo ago
      I still have no idea what you're attempting to convey here, but the way you answered a genuine question with what reads like an attempted insult tells me that I shouldn't care about whatever you were trying to say.

wat10000 7mo ago

There’s a lot of ATC that isn’t specific to a single airport. And lots of airports are owned by a government anyway.

mememememememo 7mo ago

Corporates that famously put people before profits. Bean counters will salivate how they can have one controller do 10 airports (with a bit of AI).