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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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Heartlander · 80-89, M
@hippyjoe1955 :) I have a history with the FAA. I lost my airline job as a casualty of the controllers strike back whenever. To help recover, the FAA advanced their training process and sent A siders to the next step. To fill the role of the A siders, they invited laid off airline pilots to be temps as A siders, and I became a “scab” FAA employee while figuring my next step. Of course they wouldn’t let us join t’he controller training progression because we were too old and they knew we too considered it temporary and would walk in favor of returning flying jobs.

I did stay for about 6 months. It did give me a bit of an insider peek at that part the aviation world; lots of good people there, but not a place to invest a career.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Heartlander I didn't agree with Reagan when he did what he did to the ATC but that was a long time ago. Since 9/11 the atc rules and regs have been re-written. Being as early in the investigation as it is it is impossible for any one to know what happened. I don't have enough trust in officialdom to believe they ever will release a full and honest report.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@hippyjoe1955 Understand, I take exception to over half the official DOT accident conclusions. A good clue of the special interest influence is how they dragged their feet on the 737 MAX.