Air disasters: the plane crashes of America and the world

[Brutikus]

So Trump should be allowed to spew nonsense for months or years unanswered until we get an investigation?

That's how false narratives are well established.

Not what I "suggested" or said straight out at all so if that's what you want to say you say it in your own post.

 

[Babillygunn]

Since when is politics about facts?

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I don’t think that it is merely political to try to get to the heart of what factors led to this tragedy.
This was an accident. A terrible accident. Nobody intended for this to happen.

But.

DCA is known as having the most busy runways in the country. And our Senators actively voted to make them more busy just so that they could have more direct flights for their own convenience. They did this despite warnings that something like this could happen.

Then there were the recent hiring freezes and the layoffs which came at a time when there was a shortage of air traffic controllers. Also the head of the FAA was ousted because he criticized Elon Musk. So there was no one in the position of running the FAA at this time.

All of this should be factors to review and to learn from so that incidents like this do not happen again. That’s not being political. That’s being responsible and learning from our mistakes.

Plus we need to factor in the fact that there are narratives that likewise should be rejected as lacking foundation so that this continues to be a teachable moment. So when people claim this is the fault of DEI, we can actually see that this is not a situation where unqualified people were hired at the expense of more qualified applicants. In fact we know that qualified applicants were not being turned away because there was a shortage of air traffic controllers.

These facts matter if we are going to learn from this incident and prevent it from happening again.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Not what I "suggested" or said straight out at all so if that's what you want to say you say it in your own post.

I'm telling you what happens when Trump gets to own the news cycle unanswered while everyone waits for an investigation.

 

[Brutikus]

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I don’t think that it is merely political to try to get to the heart of what factors led to this tragedy.
This was an accident. A terrible accident. Nobody intended for this to happen.

But.

DCA is known as having the most busy runways in the country. And our Senators actively voted to make them more busy just so that they could have more direct flights for their own convenience. They did this despite warnings that something like this could happen.

Then there were the recent hiring freezes and the layoffs which came at a time when there was a shortage of air traffic controllers. Also the head of the FAA was ousted because he criticized Elon Musk. So there was no one in the position of running the FAA at this time.

All of this should be factors to review and to learn from so that incidents like this do not happen again. That’s not being political. That’s being responsible and learning from our mistakes.

Plus we need to factor in the fact that there are narratives that likewise should be rejected as lacking foundation so that this continues to be a teachable moment. So when people claim this is the fault of DEI, we can actually see that this is not a situation where unqualified people were hired at the expense of more qualified applicants. In fact we know that qualified applicants were not being turned away because there was a shortage of air traffic controllers.

These facts matter if we are going to learn from this incident and prevent it from happening again.

Investigating if done by a truly independant body can give findings in a non partisan way.

Nowhere have I said it's not to be investigated.


The Facts are routinely twisted by politicians for their own point scoring career advancing gain.

Too few politicians are otherwise.

Sadly.

 

[Brutikus]

I'm telling you what happens when Trump gets to own the news cycle unanswered while everyone waits for an investigation.

Meanwhile in other news:



water - wet.

 

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Nice. We don't have enough of them as it is.

 

[Lily Adler]

Nice. We don't have enough of them as it is.

Trump singlehandedly may have ruined the airline industry.

 

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Trump singlehandedly may have ruined the airline industry.

Big time. Airports will have to partially shut down which will cause a huge hit to the economy.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's happening.

 

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Outstanding.

 

[Lily Adler]

Outstanding.

Remember Nancy Pelosi said Trump called her up right after launching missiles in Syria and tried to blame it on Obama...

 

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Remember Nancy Pelosi said Trump called her up right after launching missiles in Syria and tried to blame it on Obama...

He's trying to blame this crash on Obama who was three Presidents ago. And still people love and defend him.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

It's happening.

Oh no...

 

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Other sites are saying 6 on board. Not sure which is accurate.

 

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Newsnation is claiming 6 dead from the Philly crash, two from the plane, 4 on the ground. That number may rise, an apartment complex is on fire, there are concerns about the gas lines. It looks pretty bad.

 

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FAA confirmed six on board the plane alone so the fatalities will rise.


CNN just said one pediatric patient with an escort, 4 flight crew members. Horrible.

 

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Pilot of downed plane remembered for his 'passion for flying'

Capt. Jonathan Campos was of Puerto Rican heritage and considered a skilled and valued flight instructor whose love of flying was "undeniable."

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[blueharvest]

The D.C. Air Disaster Is a Flashing Warning Sign About DOGE

Musk had Trump fire the FAA leader as soon as he got into office, because the FAA leader had investigated and fined one of Musk’s companies, Starlink.

slate.com

 

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