@DebErupts There's a mandatory retirement age of 56 for air traffic controllers for a reason.
"Air traffic controllers are required to retire at age 56 due to concerns about potential age-related decline in cognitive abilities, such as concentration, decision-making, and reaction time, which are crucial for the high-pressure and safety-critical nature of the job, making it a mandatory retirement age set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prioritize flight safety."
#aviationsafety

@politico @politics-politico

“More than 130 of the eliminated workers held jobs that directly or indirectly support the air traffic controllers, facilities and technologies that the #FAA uses to keep planes and their passengers safe, according to the union that represents them, the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists.”

"MeidasTouch previously reported on how Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, voted against this same bill. Duffy isn’t the only member of Trump’s new cabinet who voted against FAA funding.

No Democrats voted against the bill."

#Trump #PlaneCrash #AirSafety #AviationSafety #FAA #Republicans #Democrats #AirTrafficControl
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"There are flashing red lights where a moment like this could also be an opportunity to look at the future of aviation, aviation safety, to protect the American public. That window was about three hours. Trump just closed it. And that is the long-term consequences of having a president like this."

~ Juliette Kayyem

#Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI
/22

https://newrepublic.com/article/190977/angry-trump-snaps-journos-harshly-expose-plane-crash-drivel

"The real story here isn't about DEI policies at all — it's about how quickly Trump moved to exploit a tragedy that killed 67 people to advance his political agenda. While families were still learning whether their loved ones had survived, Trump was already spinning conspiracy theories about diversity initiatives.

This matters because it's a preview of how Trump will govern."

~ Parker Molloy

#Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI
/21

https://www.readtpa.com/p/trumps-response-to-the-potomac-crash

'The FAA used to be called the gold standard for a government agency overseeing aviation. Other nations, when they had problems, when they had accidents, that weren’t even in any way related to the United States, not involving a U.S.-built aircraft, not involving a U.S. airline, they would turn to the FAA and the NTSB and ask for assistance. We are no longer the gold standard."

~ W. McGee

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety
/20

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/reagan_airport_crash_trump_dei

"All religions hold that it is wrong to use the tragic deaths of people as an excuse for making false statements about them or their deaths.

Sir, your behavior, statements about the tragic deaths of 67 people, and your administration’s actions and statements that falsely characterize their deaths as attributable to DEI, is deplorable."

#Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #MoralValues
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"For the record, I am a pastor in the religion of Jesus and a retired judge.

My faith tradition, like that of other traditions, is clear about the moral and ethical issues that arise when people die in tragic circumstances.

All religions recognize that we should grieve with people who grieve, not disrespect their sorrow."

#Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #MoralValues
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My friend Judge Wendell Griffen, who pastors New Millennium Baptist church in Little Rock, Arkansas, addresses Donald Trump:

"Sir, your response, and that of your staff, was inexcusable.

The world has long known that you lack empathy for others. But until Thursday the world did not see your disdain for the sorrow of so many people displayed with such mendacity."

#Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #MoralValues
/17

https://wendellgriffen.substack.com/p/deplorable-mr-president

"Was he grave, sombre, the consoler-in-chief? Are you kidding – this is Trump. Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity."

~ David Smith

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/trump-washington-dc-plane-crash

"Aviation safety sits at the pinnacle of what we think of as the 'good' provided by government. Trump is already taking a sledgehammer to that framework with his false public denunciations and emphasis on assigning quick and baseless blame."

~ David Kurtz

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-worst-nightmare-for-doj-is-already

"This administration’s response to the crash has been consistently sickening, but not at all unexpected.

This is what America voted for."

~ Jim Swift

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-plane-crash-response-is-as-749

"Trump's comments desecrated the lives, memories, and bodies of the victims that have yet to be buried. And they insulted hundreds of millions of Americans who are not 'white male Christians,' including women, people with disabilities, and Black and Hispanic Americans."

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI #scapegoating #PassingtheBuck #lies #RankStupidity #racism
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"The story is not—as reported in the legacy media—that 'Trump blamed DEI' for the collision. It is that Trump resorted to racist tropes to deflect blame from himself and gain political advantage from the deaths of innocent passengers, pilots, and crew. As Senator Tammy Duckworth noted, Trump's remarks were made as the bodies of the military pilots remained strapped in the submerged wreckage of their helicopter."

#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety #DEI
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