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Question? Did Air traffic controllers get the resign/offer letters that went out 2 days ago to federal workers? or get fired under DEI?

Just asking after the air plane crash in Boston. Why do the journalists not ask these questions??? Was the FAA Director asked to resign last week under the Federal cuts? Was the security advisor David Pecosce fired?


TIME MAGAZINE

"The Trump Administration is facing its first major test after a passenger jet and Army helicopter collided mid-air in the Washington, D.C. area on Wednesday night, in what officials are calling the most fatal aviation disaster on U.S. soil in more than two decades.

The collision quickly raised concerns about the state of air traffic control and oversight and sparked questions about recent leadership changes within the federal agencies charged with regulating air travel.

Just days before the crash, President Donald Trump enacted a sweeping shake-up of the federal agencies responsible for aviation oversight, removing the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), David Pekoske, and eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which regulates airlines and aircraft manufacturers and manages the nation’s airspace, was also without permanent leadership at the time of the crash, as its top official, Michael Whitaker, stepped down ahead of the new administration’s transition after clashing with Trump ally Elon Musk. Whitaker became the agency’s administrator in October 2023."
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Not to mention the effects of nearly three months of uncertainty and daily demoralisation that all federal workers have experienced.

If journalists ask real questions they get excluded from the important briefings.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl Give it a rest. Try listening to the ATC tapes. The person was on top of the situation and not some demoralised slunk tying to kill people. The helicopter pilot was at fault. That pilot took responsibility to visually avoid the airliner and didn't do it. The helicopter was about twice as high as he should have been. We need to find out what really happened because things just don't add up. The call sign on the helicopter tells us that it was assigned to transport some VIP. Maybe it was a CIA flight? Maybe a high ranking general? Maybe it was simply a false flag where the helicopter was flown from the ground deliberately into the airliner for reasons unknown. We simply don't know but only a fool would imagine that this was somehow the fault of the president who has been in power for just over a week. Of all the things contributing to the crash that last reason is the least reasonable.
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