Summary

Elon Musk called on retired air traffic controllers to return to work, citing a shortage amid heightened scrutiny of the FAA under Trump’s second term.

With DOT Secretary Sean Duffy’s support, Musk’s DOGE attempts to “upgrade” aviation systems despite recent FAA job cuts.

The AP reports fired employees included radar and navigational aid maintenance personnel, though Duffy insisted no “critical safety personnel” were terminated.

Musk’s appeal comes amid increased public concern over recent aviation incidents, though experts consider the uptick an anomaly.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s weird to see people all over the place mocking Elmo for this…

    Like, he knows no one in their right mind would want to start federal service right now. They treat feds like shit, make wild cuts they know will effect actual essentials. Go on national news and the billion dollar social media websites they own to shit talk fed, even have the head of the DoD call federal workers lazy and a drain on the nation in a public memo for for some reason now comes with a video.

    The entire thing isn’t just designed to shrink the federal government, but to then replace it with contractors they “manage” and take a huge chunk of the wages from for the privilege of a job for less than feds got and zero worker protections.

    Just lining their own pockets in a legal manner because “no one wants to be a fed”.

    Meanwhile 50% of the country cheers him on, and damn near the rest can’t see more than two steps ahead.

    Why the fuck haven’t people started learning to plan ahead yet?

    Or at least read a damn history book. Fascist aren’t typically original.