"hey siri, what is the quickest path i could take to destroy the confidence that keeps commercial passenger flight viable?"
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Josh Marshall
Folks, Elon's taking over air traffic control
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next up: get a neurolink or lose access to social services (such as they will still exist).
And in stress-testing it’s already proved it can take the blows…
Don't fly for a few years.
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex
https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-launch-faa-fines-54c6e604b270b802c42046da817cd46f
And of course, the same narcissistic dude screwing up everything else, offers his “expertise” to assist.
Airlines: ....
The science, technology, and expertise to update and improve the FAA's have not been leveraged; it's been shelved fiscal year after fiscal year.
How difficult can it be? 🤦
Destroyed public faith in institutions, broad tariffs, mass layoffs, and general chaos will accomplish that.
Hey, remind me again what's his track record on rapid unscheduled disassemblies?
All these congresspeople fly regularly.
All these Senators fly regularly.
All these legacy media people fly regularly.
The fact that none of these people are screaming from the rooftops to stop this shit is wild.
Guess they'll have to scream from 10,000 feet up.
Imagine if on top of all this we get a government shutdown where all the TSA people are temporarily not getting paid.
I'm a "I fly a couple times a year" guy.
If I was a business traveler I'd be having a fucking aneurysm right about now.
The "1 year ago" scene where all the shit goes awry and we're like, "yup...it's coming!"
*posts on twitter*
But maybe this is exactly what the self-driving car revolution needed…
Musk: okay
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/spacex-rockets-boca-chica-damage-lawsuit/
“SpaceX engineers will help make air traffic safer.”
“Well, I'm going to do it, whether the women like it or not, I'm going to protect them.”
It can't be that obvious. Can it?
how long is it going to take before the cult start to realize?
Unfortunately, you work for the Trump administration and no one with two brain cells to rub together will take your call. So you get Leon.