FAA Report on D.C. Plane Crash Is Out—and It’s an Indictment of Trump

signalmankenneth said:
A preliminary report on Wednesday night’s plane and helicopter collision near Washington, D.C. contradicts Donald Trump’s favorite DEI scapegoat.

An internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration found that in reality, the tower’s staffing at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to The New York Times. There was only one air traffic controller to handle both helicopters and planes in the airport’s vicinity, a job usually assigned to two people.

Having to handle both types of air traffic can be complicated, the Times report states, because air traffic controllers can use different radio frequencies for helicopter and airplane pilots. In such cases, while the controller is communicating with pilots of both kinds of aircraft, the pilots may not be able to talk to one another.

Staffing levels at the airport’s control tower have been below adequate levels for years, like many of the U.S.’s other airports. DCA’s tower only had 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023, according to congressional reports. This is well below the FAA and air traffic controller union’s preferred number of 30, and is due to employee turnover and budget cuts, according to the Times.

As a result, many air controllers at the airport work up to 10 hours a day and six days a week. Those levels probably have not been helped by Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze, his gutting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and the FAA chief’s resignation at Elon Musk’s behest. As much as Trump and the right might try to blame DEI or something else ludicrous, perhaps they should look in the mirror.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-report-d-c-plane-205246642.html
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Fuck you asshole. You supported the assassinatiom of your president so fuck you!
 
I can see that this incident is going to be one that nobody wants actual facts, but wants to use it for political warfare......

pretty pathetic of almost all of you
 
signalmankenneth said:
A preliminary report on Wednesday night’s plane and helicopter collision near Washington, D.C. contradicts Donald Trump’s favorite DEI scapegoat.

An internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration found that in reality, the tower’s staffing at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to The New York Times. There was only one air traffic controller to handle both helicopters and planes in the airport’s vicinity, a job usually assigned to two people.

Having to handle both types of air traffic can be complicated, the Times report states, because air traffic controllers can use different radio frequencies for helicopter and airplane pilots. In such cases, while the controller is communicating with pilots of both kinds of aircraft, the pilots may not be able to talk to one another.

Staffing levels at the airport’s control tower have been below adequate levels for years, like many of the U.S.’s other airports. DCA’s tower only had 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023, according to congressional reports. This is well below the FAA and air traffic controller union’s preferred number of 30, and is due to employee turnover and budget cuts, according to the Times.

As a result, many air controllers at the airport work up to 10 hours a day and six days a week. Those levels probably have not been helped by Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze, his gutting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and the FAA chief’s resignation at Elon Musk’s behest. As much as Trump and the right might try to blame DEI or something else ludicrous, perhaps they should look in the mirror.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-report-d-c-plane-205246642.html
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How in the world would this be an indictment on Trump? Are you fucking retarded? Sorry, disregard that last question, it was rhetorical.
 
LurchAddams said:
So - according to Trump and his fellow Nazis - the crash occurred only because black and brown people have jobs? One thing we can always count on - bigotry and cruelty from the Trumptards.
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I guess you're another one who does not understand DEI... But fear not.It's a thing of the past... What a ridiculous thing you just type, btw...smh
 
LurchAddams said:
So - according to Trump and his fellow Nazis - the crash occurred only because black and brown people have jobs?
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President Trump never said that. That's your own racism shining through.
LurchAddams said:
One thing we can always count on - bigotry and cruelty from the Trumptards.
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Yeah again, the only bigotry in your post is, well, your post. Trump never never said a word about black and brown people. In fact he listed all the shortcomings of the lowered standards for air traffic controllers instituted by the Biden administration. One of them being severe psychological disorders. Now maybe you're just too stupid to realize that has nothing to do with race, and if that's the case I apologize, it's not your fault your of a low IQ, But that has nothing to do with race. Again, if you are naturally retarded, I apologize for making fun of your mental retardation. It's not your fault you're a fucking retard.
 
signalmankenneth said:
An internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration found that in reality, the tower’s staffing at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to The New York Times. There was only one air traffic controller to handle both helicopters and planes in the airport’s vicinity, a job usually assigned to two people.
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Trump and his MAGA morons have been hollering that the government is massively bloated and vastly overstaffed.
 
TOP said:
Things are bad for me... Are they bad for you?
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Ah. That explains the sudden eruption of anger, bitterness, snark, stalking, trolling, and meltdowns since November. We've all been very concerned. In fact, our Prayer Warriors have a chain going asking for a happy outcome.

For us, of course. :ROFLMAO:
 
TOP said:
Well That's good... And they're just going to get better... We're just going to be
One big better happy America!
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