Summary

Trump is firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees despite recent fatal air crashes, CNN reports.

The AFL-CIO says terminations were issued Friday, with affected staff possibly locked out of FAA facilities after Monday.

Aviation safety union PASS calls the cuts “dangerous,” especially after four deadly incidents in the past month.

Critics argue these moves risk public safety amid ongoing air traffic controller shortages.

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    10 days ago

    This is a great time for anyone thinking of flying to the U.S. to reconsider.

    America is becoming a very dangerous country to visit and travel inside.

    Best to find another destination to travel in that’s safe and can ensure you remain safe. American cannot.

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        10 days ago

        That’s usually how it goes. It comes tumbling down very quickly. Hitler dismantled democracy in 53 days. We’re 4 weeks, 28 days, into Musk’s Trump’s presidency.

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        Nope. Took Hitler 53 days. Let’s circle back on that statement in a few weeks and see if the government is still here or not.

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        10 days ago

        It’s not new. This has been part of “The Game” forever. There are no real rules to life and the people playing the game have been trying forever to get what they want.

        There never was authentic protection or security. They just corralled the population into a lifestyle of consumerism while they did whatever they want. Each side entices the people, markets them, uses them as a product, and plays them out. It’s all game.

        I like immortal techniques line; “I laugh at America’s fears of a new world order controlling the hemisphere, because my people have been living that for the past 500 years.”

        Same game different storyline. Some us didn’t have life before trump so what’s happening now is just the same old war on humanity. That’s not downplaying the advancement.

        We shouldn’t have settled for what was, and we shouldn’t settled for what’s becoming.

        A great documentary about manipulation of society is The Century of Self, and The Trap series by Adam Curtis. If you’re interested you can see them on YT

    • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      Despite everything, the odds of being in an airplane accident are still extremely low. But they are always even lower if you don’t fly.