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**Calishat** @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host · 12h

Calishat @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host

'Under the FAA’s updated policy, aircraft owners will be able to request that ownership information, including the name and address of the person in possession of the jet, be made private and no longer publicly accessible via FAA services. Jet owners will be able to submit a request through the Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) to withhold registration information. '

https://gizmodo.com/taylor-swift-and-elon-can-finally-fly-private-without-being-tracked-thanks-to-new-faa-rule-2000582887

Gizmodo · 1dTaylor Swift and Elon Can Finally Fly Private Without Being Tracked Thanks to New FAA RuleCelebrity jet tracking just got much more difficult.

**AI6YR Ben** @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 3d

AI6YR Ben @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

Rumors (unsubstantiated) that US air traffic controllers are not getting paid on time

https://bsky.app/profile/theophite.bsky.social/post/3lligrqobv22g

Bluesky Social · 3drev. howard arson (@theophite.bsky.social)so uh a lot of threads on the ATC subreddit about air traffic controllers not getting paid

#aviation #faa #aviationsafety

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Zhi Zhu @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Govt Contracts

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by Trump & Elon Musk’s allies & employees who hold #government positions...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html

"At NASA, after repeated nudges by #Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to Mars, allowing #SpaceX to pursue federal contracts...

And at the #FAA & the White House... #Starlink satellite dishes have recently been installed"

Headline from the NYT:
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best technology.

#News #US

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**Spaceflight** @spaceflight@spacey.space · Mar 23

Mar 23

Spaceflight @spaceflight@spacey.space

The #FAA said debris hit one vehicle on the ground in South Caicos Island after the Jan. 16 breakup. The rocket breakups in January and earlier this month caused 414 departure delays for aircraft and 80 diversions or holds for planes already aloft https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/spacex-starship-explosions-flights-delayed-costs-20221722.php

#Starship #RUD #SpaceDebris

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 23

Mar 23

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

At #NASA, after repeated nudges by #Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to #Mars, allowing #SpaceX to pursue federal contracts to deliver the first humans to the distant planet.

And at the #FAA & the White House itself, #Starlink satellite dishes have recently been installed, to expand federal government internet access.

#kleptocracy #broligarchy #Trump

**Pia** @cecallihelper.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 23

Mar 23

Pia @cecallihelper.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

" * Musk's company launching US military satellites * Musk's personal drug use * Musk's ties to Russia (1 to 1 private Putin calls) * Musk's ties to China (extensive business connections at minimum)" www.reddit.com/r/geopolitic... #cybersec #natsec #coup #frauds #SEC #FAA #NNSA #DOJ #FBI #CIA #law

From the geopolitics community...

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**janhoglund** @janhoglund@mastodon.nu · Mar 22

Mar 22

janhoglund @janhoglund@mastodon.nu

“A senior Federal Aviation Administration official said, referring to Musk, “He IS A LEAKER. When you put hard drives on data systems at government agencies you are creating the biggest security breaches we have seen in years and years. Possibly ever.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#musk #faa #security

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**Mel** @meldrop@mas.to · Mar 21

Mar 21

Mel @meldrop@mas.to

uspol, faa

**Mel** @meldrop@mas.to · Mar 21

Mar 21

Mel @meldrop@mas.to

The FAA makes big talk about its robust safety culture, but its extreme and outdated views of mental health are helping no one.

This video hurts to watch. I'm in a similar situation, grounded for an issue that no other medical or psychological professional I've seen thinks is a concern. I can't *imagine* the pressure commercial pilots face to hide issues and not seek help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj0H8oVS7qg

YouTubeThe FAA grounded me for using birth control.By Xyla Foxlin

#faa #aviation #flight

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**acm** @acm_redfox@jawns.club · Mar 18

Mar 18

acm @acm_redfox@jawns.club

@ai6yr I would think the #FAA would!

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · Mar 18

Mar 18

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#musk #elon #ElonMusk #politics #starlink #faa #alt #internet
Heather Cox Richardson Musk Take Over

The rejection of a government that works for all Americans in order to concentrate power in the executive branch appears to serve individuals like Musk, rather than the American people. Isaac Stanley-Becker reported in The Atlantic on March 9 that although the government awarded Verizon a $2.4 billion contract to upgrade the Federal Aviation Administration’s communications network, Musk has instructed his SpaceX company to install its equipment in that network. Those installations seem designed to make the U.S. air traffic control system dependent on SpaceX, whose equipment, Stanley-Becker notes, “has not gone through strict U.S.- government security and risk-management review.”

When Evan Feinman, who directed the $42.5 billion rural broadband program, left his position on Friday, he wrote an email to his former colleagues warning that there would be pressure to turn to SpaceX's Starlink for internet connection in rural areas. “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” he wrote.

**Democracy Matters** @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Democracy Matters @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social

Elon Musk is trying to make our air traffic control system "dependent” on him by integrating his equipment, which has not gone through security and risk-management review.

FIRE ELON MUSK!

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/faa-trump-elon-plane-crash/681975/

The Atlantic · Mar 9The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You KnowBy Isaac Stanley-Becker

#FAA #ElonMusk #BankruptTesla

**Democracy Matters** @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · Mar 16

Mar 16

Democracy Matters @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social

If Sean Duffy thinks Trump Administration oversight is going to make Americans trust Boeing, he should just resign and go host a Fox show.

Boeing lost trust of Americans, needs strict oversight, US official says
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/boeing-lost-trust-with-americans-needs-strict-oversight-us-official-2025-03-14/

#FAA #Boeing #AirSafety

**WYM Mod** @whatyoumissed@mastodon.vtip.me · Mar 14

Mar 14

WYM Mod @whatyoumissed@mastodon.vtip.me

Is DEI hindering air traffic safety? Sean Duffy proposes to scrutinize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hiring at the FAA after a controversial audio leak. He argues these practices dilute qualifications, much like law school admissions. Critics warn that such claims distract from rising air traffic incidents and suggest underlying racial motives. Explore the full article for a deeper look at this heated debate. [Read more](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/sean-duffy-raicist-tiread-against-air) #FAA #DEI #AirTraffic #Racism #PolicyAnalysis

Crooks and Liars · Mar 14Was Harris Faulkner A DEI Hire At Fox? See How Racist That Is?By John Amato

**Mark** @mark_melbin@mastodon.online · Mar 14

Mar 14

Mark @mark_melbin@mastodon.online

Another day, another plane crash in #Trump’s America.

This wasn’t happening before Trump and #ElonMusk started cutting #DEI workers at the #FAA.

Thoughts and prayers for nervous billionaires with their jets.

#TrumpCrash #DOGE #FAFO

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c981j6e34wwo

Passengers are seen on a plane's wing after a fire broke out on an aircraft in Denver

www.bbc.comAmerican Airlines jet burns as passengers evacuate on to wingFootage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under the aircraft.

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · Mar 11

Mar 11

Zhi Zhu @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

" #Musk has been in de facto control of the #FAA through #DOGE for the last 6 weeks. He appears to be on the verge of taking a major contract away from #Verizon & giving it to his company #Starlink...

FAA announced that it had issued #SpaceX a new license to authorizing Starship Flight 8 despite the fact that the investigation into the January explosion was still ongoing...

Musk’s de facto control over the FAA has led to more lax oversight of his rocket launches."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-elon-regulating-his-own-rockets-now

Text from article:
Now, another one of the Starship rockets blew up in January, causing another disruption of air traffic in the southeast. That was Starship Flight 7. But on Friday, February 28th, the FAA announced that it had issued SpaceX a new license to authorizing Starship Flight 8 despite the fact that the investigation into the January explosion was still ongoing.

Now maybe Whitacker was just terribly unreasonable. And maybe it made perfect sense to give the go-ahead for another Starship launch only a few weeks after the other explosion. But it seems very reasonable to ask whether Musk’s de facto control over the FAA has led to more lax oversight of his rocket launches. These questions are reasonable and inevitable when you’re in effect running the agency that regulates your rocket launches.

Again, the facts currently available don’t prove anything in themselves. But they raise more than enough questions to press for more information about who’s making decisions to keep the skies of the Caribbean safe, and whether reality-star-turned-Transportation-Secretary Sean Duffy is fulfilling his commitments to the American people.

#US

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · Mar 10

Mar 10

Zhi Zhu @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

Is Elon Regulating His Own Rockets Now?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-elon-regulating-his-own-rockets-now

"One of Elon Musk’s #Starship rockets exploded over the #GulfOfMexico early yesterday evening, creating a spectacular #fireworks -like display and disrupting commercial air traffic...

#Musk had claimed repeatedly that he was over-regulated by the #FAA, especially after the agency fined #SpaceX $633,000 for launching rockets with unapproved changes."