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.
Despite everything, the odds of being in an airplane accident are still extremely low. But they are always even lower if you don’t fly.
That’s largely because of the safety systems in place. Remove those and safety (along with aircraft) plummets.
What a coincidence that those exact systems are the ones they’re torching…