Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

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Another "great" idea that will definitely not lead to more accidents and deaths!

The employees were fired “without cause nor based on performance or conduct,” Spero said, and the emails were “from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft email address” — not a government email address.

Gee, only illegal or so-called 'black companies' (as they say here in Japan) do that sort of thing. Pretty much every company I've worked for, the contracts have always stipulated that an explanation of why you are to be fired will be provided, as well as ample notice; unless it is due to some gross conduct, such as habitual drinking on the job, consistent lateness, misuse of private information, etc.

“The official DOGE Facebook page started harassing me on my personal Facebook account after I criticized Tesla and Twitter," Spitzer-Stadtlander wrote.

Government performing at its finest.

The FAA needs more air traffic controllers not less. Another accident is waiting to happen.

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press. The air traffic controller was not authorized to talk to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.

So Trump finds out that air traffic controller shortages were the cause of a plane crash and OK's the firing of more air traffic controllers?

What Trump is saying is: "I don't care about the safety of air flight - let planes crash, I don't care."

Fired the folks that manage and secure our nuclear weapons...

Now firing air traffic controllers that keep our skies safe...

What's this Moron trying to do - get the Guiness record for most deaths caused by incompetence?

He already has a pretty good score given his flubbing of COVID during his first term...

Considering that everything was relatively peaceful aviation-wise under Biden compared to Trump’s present term, maybe a “don’t break it if it’s working right approach” should be taken.

Also, it looks like they’re just destroying everything beneficial to consumer just so they can come up with trillions in tax cuts for Musk, Trump & Friends.

Also, it looks like they’re just destroying everything beneficial to consumer just so they can come up with trillions in tax cuts for Musk, Trump & Friends.

It "looks like" that, because that's exactly what they're doing.

He doesn’t care about egg prices because he is rich. He doesn’t care about airplane safety because he has his own airplane. It’s crazy that maga thinks he cares about them at all.

Waiting for justification from our Trump supporters. This must be a great idea, right? Those people maintaining radar, landing, and navigational aid were too disloyal? Along with the axed Aviation Security Advisory Committee who were in charge of examining safety issues at airlines and airports? Were they too liberal in their safety inspections?

The FAA and the air traffic control system has never recovered from the 1981 PATCO strike and subsequent firing of over 11,000 air traffic controllers. The job is so stressful, the pay not that great and the six day work weeks such that the FAA cannot keep people and thus the number of controllers has never recovered from before that strike. Now this just makes the situation even worse. Good luck recruiting new hires. Oh wait, there is a hiring freeze too.

The FAA employee listed towards the end of article, with the story of his firing, is more than a little suspect and filled with innuendo and conspiracy.

Would be interesting to know that full honest facts.

Plus, dismissing all Biden era linked people is definitely appropriate. We are talking skill levels here and the general safety of the public at large, not protecting their DEI empire.

Plus, dismissing all Biden era linked people is definitely appropriate.

Only a profoundly dishonest and/or mentally challenged individual would think of air traffic controllers as partisan hires for a political party.

We are talking skill levels here

Are we really? Because the people in charge now have a complete lack of knowledge and skill for what they're doing. The DOGE crew fired the people in charge of the nuclear arsenal before scrambling to get them back. Does that scream "skill levels"?

He doesn’t care about egg prices because he is rich. He doesn’t care about airplane safety because he has his own airplane. It’s crazy that maga thinks he cares about them at all.

Yes. There are suckers born every minute, as one of Trump's huckster heroes reportedly said.

JJE

Plus, dismissing all Biden era linked people is definitely appropriate.

Biden didn't appoint air traffic controllers, in case you didn't know.

We are talking skill levels here and the general safety of the public at large, not protecting their DEI empire.

DEI has nothing to do with it. DEI initiatives were not put in place so that lower-qualified minorities could get hired instead of white people. It was put in place to ensure that lower-qualified white people were not hired instead of more highly-qualified minorities.

DEI has nothing to do with it. DEI initiatives were not put in place so that lower-qualified minorities could get hired instead of white people. It was put in place to ensure that lower-qualified white people were not hired instead of more highly-qualified minorities.

It is now literally impossible to make the MAGA horde understand that. That ship has sailed a long time ago. They are and will always be convinced DEI was just anti-white racism imposing incompetent useless colored and gay people on everyone. They will continue to talk about "merit" while worshipping the absolute most unprofessional, unethical, unskilled and ignorant people ever put in the American government.

They will continue to talk about "merit" while worshipping the absolute most unprofessional, unethical, unskilled and ignorant people ever put in the American government.

I wish this weren't true but it is. It's like a giant community of Dunning Kruger poster boys. They just don't know what they don't know.

The only safe way:

Mass dismissals of anyone hired from 20/1/21 till same date 25, with maybe a few exceptions under very cautious review on a stringent case by case basis.

Possible rehires need to demonstrate competency and non-partisanship (going backward and forward, including donations, posts etc).

This article concerns the FAA. We know under the previous administration near-misses in ATC shot up hugely. Moreover, there was no real discipline, overview or positive remedial action taken. Pretending this isn't about competence is living in denial, not to mention flagrantly endangering everyone's safety (including that of minors).

The story about the 'poor' guy who got 'harassed' by the DOGE SM account is clearly a clever work of fiction that conceals something else.

No more room for DEI, must be merit based, as Public Safety Far TOO Important, people do not wish to subsidize their lives for a failed and now illegal (SCOTUS) political agenda!

JJE

This article concerns the FAA. We know under the previous administration near-misses in ATC shot up hugely. Moreover, there was no real discipline, overview or positive remedial action taken. Pretending this isn't about competence is living in denial, not to mention flagrantly endangering everyone's safety (including that of minors).

There's no data to suggest that any air traffic controllers are incompetent. You don't last long at a job like that if you are.

But there is a lot of data that suggest a lack air traffic controllers does make it unsafe. They are working longer hows and have less staff onboard.

So Trump is explicitly saying, with these layoffs: "I want air travel to be less safe".

HopeSpringsEternal

No more room for DEI, must be merit based

DEI is merit based.