Wait… air traffic controllers at Newark are still using floppy disks? And it takes a year to onboard new controllers?
We’re one power surge away from planes landing by a hope and a prayer.
We’re one power surge away from planes landing by a hope and a prayer.
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Now "pre-boarding" for heavenly skies.
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" landing on a wing and a prayer thing.." ?
Really want to keep the govt inside our ATC equipment, private companies want it to fail so they can grab the funds.
We can fix it all, got to get corrupt politicians out of the funding. Don’t become private, it will not be safer.
If it’s broke don’t fix it. But we also need better tech literacy.
Also, food for thought, but analog media can be safer. I’m not sure why they’re using old tech, but I’m not here to assume incompetence. Air traffic is insane
https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/today
On Sunday, United cut 35 of its daily flights at Newark airport, citing a shortage of air traffic controllers.
For 90 seconds, the controllers were unable to see, hear, or talk to the aircraft under their control.
"Avoid Newark at all costs."
There’s No floppy disc
They have amazing shit
After interacting with Chinese people on RedNote you question a lot of things
Well sir, I gave Chat a talking to, and it admitted I was right, and it should have attributed the comment to Duffy and pointed out it was not verified. HMPH!
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/chairman-cruz-stresses-need-to-modernize-america-s-aviation-systems
I'm retired, but I still get the occasional recruiting letter due to having Business BASIC in my skillset. 🙂
https://www.arcanoae.com/
Also, a lot of the touch-screen POS terminals made by NCR you might see at the grocery store or gas station run Ubuntu.
Very soon, we will have Iranian style friday prayers on Sundays, of course, to make sure passenger airplanes stay in the sky and are not shot by friendly fire.
How many people even have the mental fortitude to take on that kind of responsibility.
not landing at all.
We are already at the ‘wing and a prayer stage.
If you fly domestically, you're basically flying on a wing & a prayer.
How did you resist “planes landing by a wing and a prayer? Lol
Socially, in the USA, we’re in a temporal flux between 1850 and 1920.
https://youtu.be/lDK9QqIzhwk?si=TLdIAK5h2AsJUZ-T
They have fixed the issues and it is much more difficult today to hack any of the core routers.
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/youtube-hijacking-a-ripe-ncc-ris-case-study/
There are more, just search on major BGP incidents.
YouTube that got hacked
And Microsoft contract was to service them in any event WITHOUT forced upgrades
Apparently it delivers the job that’s needed. So don’t touch the locked box it’s in 🤷🏿♂️
They should be held accountable when they had the expertise in govt, the desire to improve, and ability to message.
They've been using the ones on the right till recently. 🤪 😂
It’s a very important job that takes very dedicated crews to manage. Scary times should this Administration continue this path with the FAA Leadership.
Which has been his MO for a lifetime.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/air-force-finally-retires-8-inch-floppies-from-missile-launch-control-system/
Right Wilber?
It takes 6 months to train someone how to use it.
Our payroll system is from the 1960s…
Besides, network capacity is limited. Much of it is airgapped.
So glad I'll never go on a plane again.
I would be interested in seeing what the floppy disks are used for.
And given the level of technological understanding in the media and journalism (viz. 'ai' fraud), I don't trust anyone to interpret it rationally at this point.
fired half of them and
the FAA commissioner who had 4 years left on his term.
flying has ALWAYS been on a wing and a prayer
In principle it’s hack-proof or downed grid proof.
How's come there were *checks notes* ZERO plane accidents during the Biden administration...
But now on the daily we have rogue helicopters and planes nosediving and emergency diversions...
Pessimist