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.

      • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
        14·
        4 days ago

        And I’ve barely heard about the other three. It took us barely any time to treat plane crashes as we treat mass shootings.

        • Pandemanium@lemm.ee
          5·
          4 days ago

          It’s not that uncommon for smaller or private planes to crash, I think partially due to private pilots not having as much training and experience as commercial pilots, and the fact that smaller planes probably aren’t as stable in turbulent weather. Pretty sure the one in Alaska had more to do with the weather than traffic controllers. We tend to only hear about the small crashes when they have famous people on board.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
      16·
      4 days ago

      I have heard of the Plane and Helicopter over Washington DC, killing some 70 or so people and another one with a small plane, killing 6 or so. Which other two have i been missing?

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        23·
        4 days ago

        The move comes less than three weeks after a U.S. Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet that was about to land in Washington, D.C., killing 67, and an air ambulance crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven. Ten people died when a regional flight in Alaska went missing and was found crashed, earlier this month. Days later one person died in Scottsdale, Arizona, when a plane veered off the runway and collided with a parked aircraft.

      • TheRealKuni@midwest.socialEnglish
        7·
        4 days ago

        Commercial crashes? 0 is the normal number. But generally aviation crashes are much less rare, sadly. They happen.

        • Mirshe@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 days ago

          Yup, kinda like train derailments. Most of them aren’t huge, so you don’t hear about them, but they happen a lot.

        • Embargo@lemm.ee
          2·
          4 days ago

          Yeah, okay. I was unsure if it’s just that it’s not reported as much usually and being focused on because of the faa thing.