Trump to Fire Hundreds From FAA Despite Four Deadly Crashes on His Watch
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Insiders say the cuts are “dangerous” and “unconscionable” after recent air disasters.

Summary

Trump is firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees despite recent fatal air crashes, CNN reports.

The AFL-CIO says terminations were issued Friday, with affected staff possibly locked out of FAA facilities after Monday.

Aviation safety union PASS calls the cuts “dangerous,” especially after four deadly incidents in the past month.

Critics argue these moves risk public safety amid ongoing air traffic controller shortages.

  • kent_ehEnglish
    40·
    3 days ago

    Breaking shit is easy (and fast and cheap). A dumb bull in a China shop can cause a lot of damage in seconds without even trying.

    Building or repairing things takes skill and a lot of time and money.

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
      391·
      3 days ago

      Part of the reason Pres. Biden’s term seemed so useless to those not paying attention. A lot of it was spent fixing all the damage Orange Combover 1.0 did. Entire departments had data and knowledge loss and had to be rebuilt.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        143·
        3 days ago

        Yep. A whole lot of dipshits were saying Bronzo the Clown and Biden were more or less the same because they were both older white men. Also: Gaza.

        And now it seems all of us have to deal with that incredibly stupid take.

      • crusa187@lemmy.ml
        179·
        3 days ago

        Biden mostly appeared useless because he accepted so much corporate PAC money that he was unable/unwilling to deliver meaningful change to the working class voters who put him in office.

        He did come through big time for oil and gas companies (record drilling), and for arms manufacturers (billions stolen from American taxpayers to give to Israel for genocidal bombings in Palestine).