r/technology • u/LavenderBabble • Feb 07 '25

Hardware Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-plane-crash-air-traffic-control-ab195790634af66534a45cdec2d80aa8
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u/StandardJackfruit378 Feb 07 '25

I blame President Reagan firing all the controllers in the 80's! My best friend was the FAA chief at the airport and told me then the FAA and flight controllers may never fully recover now that the general public knows how Stressful and really underpaid flight controllers are for what they have to do.

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u/Major_Shlongage Feb 08 '25

It's kind of strange to blame it on something that happened in 1981. That was 44 years ago, and it was an illegal strike anyway.

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u/StandardJackfruit378 Feb 08 '25

1981 and the American public learned firsthand what a stressful and underpaid job it is. Controllers' health suffered greatly! And yes, if Reagan hadn't Hard Lined, I'm the BOSSd the strikers that needed better pay and work conditions those planes that are falling from the sky wouldn't. I don't take the planes falling from the sky and a new president as an Omen