What’s scary is the mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers is 56 for a reason. This is a stressful, demanding role, and this isn’t Congress. We can’t let ATCs work until they’re in their 90s.
LET HIM DO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HIMSELF... IF HE CAN'T OR WON'T, THEN ALL AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES ACROSS AMERICA SHOULD JUST GROUND EVERYTHING TILL MUSK IS GONE ALONG WITH TRUMP...
MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AT 54 FOR VERY GOOD REASON.
STENCH OF DESPERATION AND IGNORANCE MUSK IS EMITTING IS WORSE THAN THE CONVICTED FELONS DIAPERS AND ALMOST AS ATTRACTIVE.
YOU ARE CORRECT. I KNOW THAT. IT TRULY WAS ACTUALLY EITHER A BRAIN FART OR A TYPO. THAT IS MY STORY AND I AM STICKING WITH IT. lol
SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
It was the Air Traffic Controllers, the airlines, pilots and flight attendants who finally got Trump & the repubs to come to the table seriously when they threatened to shut down air travel. That was what lit a fire under their asses.
This was for that super long shutdown in late 2018 into early 2019. And frankly, the airlines may very well be the only thing that gets all this garbage to stop.
After TFG fired a bunch of air traffic personnel, making near misses and accidents a daily routine.
What an f--- up this POS is. Since Reagan, Republicans have robbed Air traffic control. By heroic efforts and long 6 day weeks, they kept us safe. But we hit the limit where things break now.
Stupidest billionaire, only second to the stupidest US prez in history, elected by the slimmest margin in US history, by the stupidest volume of voters.
This is what happens when you allow a entire group of hateful individuals to drag you into their bulls$hit with one electoral college vote we need one person one vote to avoid this shit show from ever happening again and felons should not be the head of anything but the yard!
They should say sure:
I'll return to work for
1. Twice the going salary and 2. A personal apology from Elon musk while he grovels at my feet and 3. A contract that says if you fire me before I'm 90 you must pay me out 4 million dollars (inflation adjusted)
The ones you fired were top notch you fuckstick. I hope they refuse to go back. This administration is like watching the 3 stooges. You want to laugh but then you remember how much it's gonna hurt us all.
Just like the nuclear scientists who maintain/oversee nuclear weapons. This Trump/Musk kleptocratic presidency is only softening us up for collapse. This is how world powers die.
Main qualification: total adoration to the Orange Fuhrer and his Ketamine Overlord. That is the mission. Fire career civil servants and officials and hire loyalists so corruption, the grift, the selling of our nation to highest bidder would be all done in darkness and with their complicit silence
Oh, hey, we just realized that our maga base is eternally stupid and can’t even understand how to navigate windows 10 upgrades. Maybe you old guys want to give up your pensions and work for lunatics.
"For more than a decade, NATCA has been sounding the alarm about the FAA’s staffing shortage and the fatigue and stress that places on the hardworking controllers we represent,” NATCA said in a Friday statement. "
I've always had a principle: I need to be able to respect my boss. I don't have to actually LIKE him/her, or even agree with him/her, but I need to have something I can respect. This guy has NOTHING. Zero respectibility.... and he never will.
Gee, how’d that happen?
People need to wake up and realize that this entire Trumusk Administration fiasco is a planned take over of our government by a cabal of wealthy oligarchs and plain idiots who are worse than lemmings! Project 2025 being implemented as we sit here! It will get much worse!
This isn't an accident. The gaming industry does this all the time. Force out the more experienced developers, programmers, and play testers that you would have to pay more for new and formerly retired folks you can pay a whole lot less.
He was probably in one of his ketamine states and it looked good to him then. Realized, it's got consequences (?). Probably going to decimate the airline industry... slowly. Every day there's something about a near collision or malfunction. Looks like road trip if I have to go anywhere.
Do not go back, he is going to shadow then fire. Let them figure it out on their own and watch the airlines lose their minds when people stop traveling.
I'm going Madden when it comes to travel. 🚗🚌🛤️
Why is he actually posting that. Is he head of hiring and firing now? nobody seems to know what his job is or who runs DOGE yet he can come up with this crap.
And the only good air traffic controllers are the ones willing to say "Fuck You, Go Around" to Air Force One if circumstances dictate. It's not a job for yes men.
Hi 👋, my family in Gaza lost everything after over a year of war and now lives in a tent without basic needs. Any donation or sharing our story can help. Thank you so much 🙏
Link in bio
New hires start in probationary Satus, so if you take the job, be prepared for a bumpy ride with many layovers as the glitchy DOGE system repeatedly hires and fires you.
Not to mention all the other FAA employees fired... Doing checks etc keeping things safe.. Lord knows.. That things can run smoothly
And getting rid of the weather service for bad weather, storms etc could be pretty badddd
The retraining takes a year, most retired from stress from overwork. StarLink will not work with the system (waste of money) Anyone who completed ground school & a solo knows more than Muck & Shawnee Duffy. There is only one person I know on earth that can improve ATC. ONE. He is the EXPERT.
One has died, one disowned him
4 year old kid he drags around, he doesn't allow to see his mother
You heard his political comments in oval office.. He's been indoctrinated already in a baddd way!
I think 'Booger Boy' has been parroting things he hears around his dad. Elon is so used to smelling his own farts and calling popcorn, he is oblivious to certain things, like the effects he has on any of his kids.
Though I fly when need be, I’ve always been afraid of flying. I’m surely not reassured by the sudden uptick in crashes and near misses.
I’ve suspected all along it’s due to overworked ATCs overseeing more and more daily flights each year.
I’m considering train travel as a viable option!
In His Race To 'Free Up' Gov't Money He Can Steal - He's Fired All Trainees and Workers On Probation Without Realizing Seasoned Air Traffic Controllers Take Time To Develop.
Hmm maybe he wants to use them to train his AI robot replacements. They’ll need it to ‘learn’. We’ve trained much simpler AI models and they have to have examples to learn from…
Risking lives every where with cuts..
Nuclear, air traffic, HIV, cancer, other diseases, storms with less NOAA..
Food illness, tesla issues dismissed,
The list goes on... Huge problem, they won't have or allow reporting so the public won't know how bad it is!
I also don’t think enough people know about his recreational drug use of ketamine. He probably does other stuff tbh. trump is anti alcohol and drugs unless you benefit him. It’s why he pardoned a fentanyl and sex trafficker. The trade was his crypto. The “deal.” That’s not a deal that’s black mail
Air traffic controllers have a high rate of suicide. It’s is an EXTREMELY stressful and difficult job. I’m familiar with this personally. (I wasn’t an air traffic controller myself.)
I'll traffic his control! I guarantee that him and shitlers planes would make it to the ground.........or a mountain or the middle of the Ind.ian Ocean on fire.......what do you say,twitler?!
He'd rather have old white men that probably aren't qualified anymore, then to have a person of color that's highly qualified. Fuck Elon, Fuck Trump, Fuck MAGA. We will be better when they are dead.
"There's a shortage of top-notch young air traffic controllers. So if you're still in public school? Consider making your college major whatever it is air traffic controllers get when they graduate. Oh wait. I forgot. We just stopped investing in public schools. Let me get back to you." - Elon Musk
For now. I'm sure that will change and you'll have some 78 y/o pasty motherfer doing ATC. Flying is gonna be a "no dawg" from me for a long while. Unless I can catch a plan the F out then I might chance it to live in...idk New Zealand if they'll have me
You can't be serious. Many federal LE positions there are age limitations. You have to start before you turn 37 years old because it's a 20-year and out rule. They have to retire at 57.
Elon is also pre-emptively blaming Verizon for any accidents that happen in the near future, instead of the mass firings of government safety officials and gutting of safety regulations.
Didn’t he fire people in the training program?
No retiree would have same quick response timing as a 30 yo but Musk thinks its ok to put them back in the most stressful job situation requiring quick reflexes/decision making?
Even Torvill & Dean retired but you wouldn’t bring them back to compete🤷♀️
I thought we aged out air traffic controllers because they were too old.
But now we'll have old fossils in lieu of young, healthy folks who happen to represent women, LGBTQ, BIPOC.
I think it’s 20 years. It can be stressful. I had a relative who started as air traffic controller and afterward moved his way up through the chain of command at the airport. He helped make laws and air traffic rules near the end. His family fell apart and I think he drank himself to death.
Hey, Eloise the Muck, you get rid of these traffic control professionals because your brain is in your anus, and now you want to hire more because of your ego and stupidity. Well, my, my, my, who'd a thunk it.
Shortage of air traffic controllers at FAA, Shortage of lawyers at DOJ to handle lawsuits against Trump Admin! No shortage of arrogance and stupidity at DOGE! Musk is an idiot, pure and simple!
I swear to god, everyday (sometimes several times a day), I read something that makes me think I'm seeing an Onion parody.
You don't need to make shit up, because it is off-the-rails crazy.
Muskrat sunk the FAA after he fired hundreds of FAA employees when the agency was already understaffed.
After that run in with the FAA back in 2023 and all his safety regulation failures it kinda makes you wonder what else he is hiding at Tesla and SpaceX, after all the guy have a friggin black hole as a photo icon...kinda makes you think doesn't it?
Honestly, I'm a teacher and one of the things we teach our students is how to evaluate the reliability of a source--step one is does it sound realistic. I told another teacher yesterday that I keep seeing stories that don't sound realistic but they're true!
Comments
LET HIM DO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HIMSELF... IF HE CAN'T OR WON'T, THEN ALL AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES ACROSS AMERICA SHOULD JUST GROUND EVERYTHING TILL MUSK IS GONE ALONG WITH TRUMP...
STENCH OF DESPERATION AND IGNORANCE MUSK IS EMITTING IS WORSE THAN THE CONVICTED FELONS DIAPERS AND ALMOST AS ATTRACTIVE.
SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1025018833/looking-back-on-when-president-reagan-fired-air-traffic-controllers
What an f--- up this POS is. Since Reagan, Republicans have robbed Air traffic control. By heroic efforts and long 6 day weeks, they kept us safe. But we hit the limit where things break now.
Before it was, “Give me your five bullets or you’re fired.”
DROP DEAD, MUSK, and KISS MY ARSE.
% wise.
Love of God, get a win first.
Come break the law with me!
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/01/16/retirement-guide-for-air-traffic-controllers/
But with high stress job.. Probably some have PTSD from the last 40 days...
With inadequate staffing, no job security, lord knows what they fiddled with the computers, programs.. Probably pay docked toooo
I'll return to work for
1. Twice the going salary and 2. A personal apology from Elon musk while he grovels at my feet and 3. A contract that says if you fire me before I'm 90 you must pay me out 4 million dollars (inflation adjusted)
I think those are fair salary demands
Our house 🏡 is on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥!
Mark has good posts!
"For more than a decade, NATCA has been sounding the alarm about the FAA’s staffing shortage and the fatigue and stress that places on the hardworking controllers we represent,” NATCA said in a Friday statement. "
Biden's admin met their goal to hire 1800 by last fall, but ATCs were still badly overworked. Gutting the rest of the FAA is not going to help safety.
People need to wake up and realize that this entire Trumusk Administration fiasco is a planned take over of our government by a cabal of wealthy oligarchs and plain idiots who are worse than lemmings! Project 2025 being implemented as we sit here! It will get much worse!
I'm going Madden when it comes to travel. 🚗🚌🛤️
with inflation & to minimize risk adversity of moronic random chainsaw policy changes & …
Crazy!
Link in bio
And getting rid of the weather service for bad weather, storms etc could be pretty badddd
Most of them appear to be self-centered DICKS!
He might be a smart investor but he has zero management skills I’ve ever seen displayed publicly
4 year old kid he drags around, he doesn't allow to see his mother
You heard his political comments in oval office.. He's been indoctrinated already in a baddd way!
I think 'Booger Boy' has been parroting things he hears around his dad. Elon is so used to smelling his own farts and calling popcorn, he is oblivious to certain things, like the effects he has on any of his kids.
I’ve suspected all along it’s due to overworked ATCs overseeing more and more daily flights each year.
I’m considering train travel as a viable option!
What A Thieving Nazi Asshole.
Chaos, that is his goal. Nothing but chaos.
Nuclear, air traffic, HIV, cancer, other diseases, storms with less NOAA..
Food illness, tesla issues dismissed,
The list goes on... Huge problem, they won't have or allow reporting so the public won't know how bad it is!
Wonder how often he's sober?
Later he'll blame the ATC seniors for not stepping up.
All the retired air traffic controllers in unison, joyously sing together:
“Fuck off Nazi”
we live in the most cursed timeline.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/02/27/elon-musk-verizon-air-safety-communications-system/80761436007/
No retiree would have same quick response timing as a 30 yo but Musk thinks its ok to put them back in the most stressful job situation requiring quick reflexes/decision making?
Even Torvill & Dean retired but you wouldn’t bring them back to compete🤷♀️
High stress job, need good physical conditions etc
A few exceptions might be okayed to 61
But now we'll have old fossils in lieu of young, healthy folks who happen to represent women, LGBTQ, BIPOC.
Probably have to bring a change of clothes to work!
You don't need to make shit up, because it is off-the-rails crazy.
Muskrat sunk the FAA after he fired hundreds of FAA employees when the agency was already understaffed.
Ohhh, for calm, peaceful Kamala... Like with Joe
First he had to break it.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSMa6dNFm/