When the unmanned air traffic causes tragedy; he and only he will be responsible! IMPEACH TRUMP!
He wants people out? Or he wants people to stay and be held hostage?
Most controllers work every hour of the 24 hour clock each week and are mandatory 6 day work weeks. But sure, lets not hire more and give them incentive to resign because of the bad working conditions.
Very distracting. Imagine the Hegseth BS had a similar affect on the military- I mean they are targeting Milley- also distracting. That causes accidents. People worried if they can pay rent or mortgage next month trying to balance the world on their shoulders/ something’s gotta give
The "dismantling" of The Pandemic Response Team had a similar result. People DIED. Now the "dismantling" of the Air Safety Advisory Committee preceeds the first air collision of a commercial flight with a military helicopter without its transponder on.
NEGLIGENCE is not good governance. OK?
Probably too recent to have played a role in this crash but does demonstrate Trump's administration's priorities. Public safety isn't high on the list.
Not too recent. Had this happened under Biden’s watch, djt, the Rs in the house and senate, and the big mouth magats would have blamed Joe as if he were piloting the chopper himself. This is on TRUMP and the drunkard secretary of defense - full stop!
You don't say? And it was a MILITARY helicopter that just crashed into a commercial flight and killed a bunch of people today? Most popular administration ever.
trump strategy seems to be stop all government, see what tragedies come from the missing government activities and reinstate those that might get him impeached.
Between the crap infrastructure, aging equipment, and all the millions of guns combined with how pissed off everyone seems to be all the time, America feels like a very dangerous place to live.
We’ve got a big fight here trying to ensure politicians here who are being engaged by our billionaires and following a trump playbook, don’t get a chance to bring any more dysfunction here than we already have
Well I hope you have better luck than we did limiting the billionaire’s power. Trump part 2 is so much worse than the first time. I don’t recommend it!
So, it appears a big part of the problem is that Runway 33 is too close to where the helicopters operate. NBC News interviewed expert who said it’s a tricky runway for pilots to land at, normally. This can be rectified by closing Runway 33 permanently, so the planes and helicopters aren’t so close.
We need to be careful about this narrative. We need more air traffic controllers, no question, but even Biden's FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 wouldn't have put more people in the towers for at least 18 months. That training is very rigorous and takes time.
This crash was probably pilot error.
The plane pilot was an 8 year veteran. He was following a flight path directed by traffic control. Blaming the pilot before the investigation is the MAGA method. Don't do that.
Oh, OK. That’s why he came out and said all those lies going back all the way to Obama. He was freezing the hiring of these people I cannot believe how stupid he thinks that Americans are I really can’t. Freezing hiring it must be too many DEI’s well that’s what he said. It was too many of them in .
Republicans have no idea about the concept of honor or shame. Dems need to HIT THEM HARD OVER THIS! The elected offcials have to hold press conf. Etc. The legacy media cannot be counted on to do this as they once did. They have cowed.
The Republicans in the Senate and House also voted against President Biden’s bill that would have provided much needed funding for our aviation industry.
Last year Congress was warned not to authorise more flights at Reagan. Money won
Not enough air traffic controllers before any freezes or cuts
Plane was diverted from 1 runway to another just prior to landing. Chopper told to go behind it may have expected initial runway approach and angle. Rip 🌹
Perhaps this evening’s DC mid-air collision will remind the public of the vital importance of a fully-trained and staffed ATC component. Once again, the Trump/MAGA administration has gone off half-cocked in a misguided quest for political gain.
Yep what?
This brand new move, while blunt and inefficient, isn't at play in the accident that just occurred.
Hiring people for the government takes more than 10 days. My gov job took 6 months from "you're hired" until starting.
Probably disrespectful to use such tragedy for followers, likes, etc.
Don't want to speculate at this point but at the very least all of the White House noise is a huge distraction to all federal employees. I know they are professional but they are also human.
With tonight's collision at National Airport, adding a hiring freeze could be a preview of more to come. Speaking as a former controller, I see this as the compounded ignorance of this new administration.
Imagine if you will:
One week ago, a Democratic administration removed safety procedures and the personnel whose job it was to ensure aviation safety.
Tonight, a tragedy occurred and lives were lost, in a preventable mid-air collision.
What would repubs do? They'd already be on fox, screaming!
JFC, these morons really don't understand how things work and why. They're a bunch of Troglodytes running around clubbing everything that's "Government."
Not to mention the world becomes less safe for those making it less safe. All these executive proclamations should be ignored. The administration cannot track everyone and probably won’t follow up on them. Gaslight the gaslighters!!
It is very simple. Trump, GOP, and the oligarchs do not want a competent and functioning federal government. They are only interested in power and wealth, and looting the country for their benefit.
It is so infuriating how his supporters and republicans are so blind and ignorant! How many contractors did he screw over throughout his life, expects total loyalty but gives zero will gladly throw any one to the wolves to save his own orange ass. I am started to think they will never realize that.
In 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who were striking for better pay & working conditions. The airport in DC was re- named after him to remind that senile monkey-fondling fuck to NEVER do anything that ill-considered ever again in his accursed wrinkly life.
So we can call this “The Trump Plane Crash”?Legacy media already covering up for the evil clown, so we know it’s on him. If Biden was president, media would be all over him. Guess what, mags, Biden is out. This on your guy 100%.
This is what led to tonight’s tragedy. Sue the Fucker-in-Chief and his evil minions for negligence.
Stop this now, @schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
We #demandcouragenow
An American Airlines regional flight just collided with a Sikorsky helicopter over the Potomac while coming in to Reagan airport. This crash should be held over the Convicted Felon's head.
So, I would not call this an accident if it could of been prevented. This is 100% on Trump 😑
I hope the survivors ( hoping there are some) and families sue his ass off
The aviation security committee, which was mandated by Congress after the PanAm bombing over Scotland. it will continue to exist, but it won’t have members to carry on work examining safety issues at airlines and airports. Trump isn't interested in safety.
DEMOCRATS! You better be on every news channel 24/7 blaming DT & his admin for this. DO IT NOW. Use pilot, passenger and ATC ‘experts’ to explain how cutting federal jobs, personnel & funding causes undue stress and leads to airline safety issues. DO WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WOULD DO ON LOOP
There's going to be plenty of time to be pointing fingers, first off you need to retrieve the bodies find out exactly what happened, and then you can start pointing fingers
I agree. That happens within a civilized government BUT it’s time the Dems started playing by the Republicans rules or lack there of. Dems need 2 use this admins Fed policies, firing & defunding against them. If not, every media source will b blaming Biden & Pete B 4 the investigation even starts.
Well probably that's going to happen anyway, even with trump already firing people to actually work in this industry
Though it may be the military helicopters fault, it shouldn't have been there in the first place, in which case it will be very difficult to place political fault on this
👍Yes, the Dems need to yell from the rooftops warning us about his firings/ layoffs, & hiring freezes & the consequences of those actions. Oh, forget it, he doesn't give a sh*t!
Well that will help the economy when millions of tourists remove America from planned vacations because flying is too dangerous due to serious reservations over air safety concerns, it will also threaten internal flights with people switching to safer travel such as driving. Stupid tango idiot.
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If this happened while Joe Biden was President (which it wouldn't have) the republicans would be screaming for his head, because it happened on Mr. Potato Head's watch notwithstanding his incompetence, lack of knowledge and understanding of how government works, it must surely be the pilot's fault.
Someone posted the Trump "proclamations" didn't do this. Distinctly? Maybe not, however Trump has caused so much organizational chaos and distraction, I am not so sure. In the future safety will be definitely be impacted. Shortcuts save $ not necessarily lives
And he recently cut them back just a couple of days ago. People were fired and now people are dead. Killing people in this country is one of Donald Trump’s favorite hobbies.
This is what happens when incompetent fools are put in charge. He has spent 8 days stripping women, minorities, and the LGBTQ+ of every protection they ever needed, instead of taking his role of leadership seriously.
Every f^cking democrat in congress should be on every morning talk show, radio stations across the US, everywhere pointing fingers at MAGA Republicans for his. They should call for a special investigator and introduce articles of impeachment for the death & destruction wrought by felon47.
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He wants people out? Or he wants people to stay and be held hostage?
NEGLIGENCE is not good governance. OK?
1. They don’t deserve it.
2. They’ve never extended that to the Dems.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/lancet-commission-examines-trumps-covid-response/story?id=75826837
I’m not wanting to go to America at all
But a few years ago I flew to Vancouver, Canada and caught a train into the USA to visit friends in Oregon
There’s no way flying feels safe in America
Guess I got lucky then!
I wouldn’t think of going there now
We’ve got a big fight here trying to ensure politicians here who are being engaged by our billionaires and following a trump playbook, don’t get a chance to bring any more dysfunction here than we already have
I did enjoy my time in Oregon!
Meanwhile the orange turd tees off at Mar A Lago while Melania bangs pool boys!
If I were pool boys, I'd ask for cash up front!
Trump doesn't care how he kills us. But he will find ways nobody else ever imagined.
This crash was probably pilot error.
Just in case that Trump is actually clearing/razing the Gaza and the Islamists are going to let rain jets over US soil again in retaliation.
Not enough air traffic controllers before any freezes or cuts
Plane was diverted from 1 runway to another just prior to landing. Chopper told to go behind it may have expected initial runway approach and angle. Rip 🌹
This brand new move, while blunt and inefficient, isn't at play in the accident that just occurred.
Hiring people for the government takes more than 10 days. My gov job took 6 months from "you're hired" until starting.
Probably disrespectful to use such tragedy for followers, likes, etc.
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#Monorail
#DEI
One week ago, a Democratic administration removed safety procedures and the personnel whose job it was to ensure aviation safety.
Tonight, a tragedy occurred and lives were lost, in a preventable mid-air collision.
What would repubs do? They'd already be on fox, screaming!
Do rich people have a private form of the FAA for their private planes???
Do they just expect other planes to get magically out of their way?
Or do they not want any other planes in the air in the first place?
Why didn't anybody tell us?
I drive or stay home
Stop this now, @schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
We #demandcouragenow
The scaffolding can’t hold.
The country has a band of dysfunctional con-men in charge. Chaos begets chaos.
I hope the survivors ( hoping there are some) and families sue his ass off
Though it may be the military helicopters fault, it shouldn't have been there in the first place, in which case it will be very difficult to place political fault on this
They were so hard on Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, even when the situation had nothing to do with Biden or Buttigieg.
Just watch
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1884974819315236920/video/1
This is what happens after a hostile take over and you send hatchet men to cut first and ask questions later.
The best people should be in charge.
Today:
Helicopter flies in American Airline jet.
This is all 45’s fault.