I understand that a lot of people are afraid right now, because they are hearing a lot of things about air travel. First, understand that what causes a midair in DC is not what causes a private jet to have landing gear issues in AZ or a single-engine aircraft to crash off the coast of Nome, AK. /1 - ThreadSky

chasingray.bsky.social • 14 days ago

I understand that a lot of people are afraid right now, because they are hearing a lot of things about air travel. First, understand that what causes a midair in DC is not what causes a private jet to have landing gear issues in AZ or a single-engine aircraft to crash off the coast of Nome, AK. /1

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balloonatic.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think an important point is to remember the people who do remain are distracted and fearful about the next shoe to drop. Project 2025 author and new OMB Chief Russel Vought stated his desire to traumatize the federal workforce. Consider what that means for safety-critical functions.

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

There was an accident today, in Toronto, which involved Delta Airlines flight 4819. I have no idea what happened to cause this crash. There is no reporter who knows right now what happened to cause this crash. It's possible the crew knows but I don't even know that.

You have to be patient. /2

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

The reason all of this is so upsetting, is because some of these accidents have been in dramatic circumstances or involved huge losses of life. But even more so, it's because right now Pres Trump & Elon Musk are undermining the FAA & NWS.

That's the part you need to be worried about. /3

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

Our national airspace is safe and reliable because of thousands of people doing jobs that the flying public has almost knowledge of. Right now, in ways big and small, the system is under outright attack. Do I think that caused any of recent crashes? A week ago, I knew the answer was "No". /4

tur3ine.bsky.social•14 days ago

Hard-working, dedicated, highly capable people working ATC, ground equipment, safety, and administration.

I wonder if the MON network collapsing, and the security risks of dependence on GPS.

Or maybe we’ll just watch an ad before we shoot an ILS, brought to you by Starlink (tm).

tur3ine.bsky.social•7 days ago

I wasn’t far off:

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonleopold.bsky.social/post/3lixo3swj5227

chasingray.bsky.social•7 days ago

I saw that - working on something else this week but will work on getting more info, esp as pertains to AK.

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

But today and tomorrow and every day forward? The answer has to be "I don't know". The attacks are becoming so much more pervasive and overt, the impact threat so much deeper, the lack of awareness is so immense about how the FAA and NWS are critical to aviation safety, that I am losing faith. /5

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

You can not tear something like our aviation safety system apart without inflicting enormous damage.

The FAA and NWS were already underfunded and understaffed. Improvements were happening and now those are dashed. More positions are being cut.

What did everything think would happen? /6

chasingray.bsky.social•14 days ago

Again, I am confident that AK and PA and AZ and DC were not due to any recent attacks from the White House or Musk.

I will not be confident of that statement anymore.

I do not know what caused the crash in Toronto. But I am worried and if you are too, you need to make your voices heard. /fin

rexjr.bsky.social•14 days ago

We had extremely bad winds. All flights in and out suspended.

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