Well when you put it that way it sounds...even worse.

As someone who backs-in to spots whenever possible, I agree, and the rationale of facing the direction of the cars waiting for the spot seems sound to me. The real issue here appears to be the too-short cords. 

It’s their entire brand at this point.

The US is the biggest bully since the pre 1940's British Empire. We are not ripped off or exploited by anyone. When our military or dollar-policy says “Jump”, other countries ask “How high?”. This current Administration has such a victim-mentality, or more accurately, exploits the massive desire of the populace to…

“Blue Latitudes” by Tony Horwitz touches on a lot of these, the premise is he retraces much of Captain Cook’s voyages around the Pacific, including on a modern day sailing ship that mimics life in the 18th century, so it has a lot of very cool history and geography in it.

100% agree.  

I’m struggling to find a prior government service where privatization has helped. In the spirit of intellectual honesty, SpaceX is possibly an area, although the economics and true costs are a bit of gray area. One could also argue that putting so much crap into orbit is not a good idea, just made it cheaper to litter.

I engage with ATC personnel dozens of times a year. While I don’t fly myself anymore, I ride right seat in a GA aircraft probably 100 hours/year, nearly always IFR, which means a lot of communication. On the ground, I design airport projects which interface with ATC rules, and often often have controllers as part of…

We’ll be lucky if it’s that good.

Brace yourself for what air traffic control is going to look like in 24 months.

I say skip all safety and engine testing and put this plane into service next week dammit!

I work in aviation, and this is exactly what is going to happen. Or at least be pushed for - the last real push was probably 10+ years ago. But airlines want it, because they feel they are paying for services that support the GA fleet. It will result in a MUCH less safe system overall, but this is probably the tipping…

99% is the helicopter’s fault. Approach and departure is so regimented at DCA, the AA flight was certainly exactly where it was supposed to be. There are helicopters EVERYWHERE around DC, at all times, and they possibly need to be tightened up. As they say, every aviation regulation is written in blood. And the vast…

Close National? Not a chance. You realize it’s how most of congress gets to work? Dulles is way out there. Now maybe it just becomes a private airport for congress and billionaires, but never close.

This incident will 100% be politicized and will be Exhibit’s A though Z on the current Administration’s case to gut and privatize ATC.  Just wait, that is 100% coming.

Makes sense to go to a bra manufacturer.

Yeah...but those Park Police...they’ll get ya’! If you look closely, they run a good deal of speed traps, more so on Skyline. Speed limit on Skyline is 35 mostly, and 45 on the Parkway. I think if you are slow-car fast (an N/A Miata with the top down would be heaven), or at least NOT in any sort of hurry, it’s…

I did the day the current administration was elected in 2016. Assuming they are not designated a terrorist organization - which I’m guessing is only a matter of days or weeks - they will be just about our last hope of a non-violent resistance. 

Elaine Herzberg was killed in Arizona in 2018 by a self-driving Uber.

In what world should the public accept beta testing of safety-critical technology on them, who have no say in being part of an experiment by private industry?