And nobody - NOBODY - raises prices for nonsense corollary reasons like the oil industry. Tidal wave in Philippines? Gas gets more expensive. Russia invades Ukraine? Gas gets more expensive. Gas is too expensive? Gas gets more expensive.

Fun Fact: Tariffs cause non-impacted products to raise their price because they can raise them and still be cheaper.

All those deplorables are about to enroll in Econ 101 and learn how tariffs work.  Should be hilarious.

Never have we seen a president so quick to turn a very tragic accident into a political issue. He was turning it into a political weapon before the bodies could be pulled form the water and families notified. It’s disgusting and horrific.

Agree with all of that, but gutting the FAA purely for political reasons will definitely not make anything better and can instead lead to even more horrific accidents and work and supervision is missed and safety measure slip through the cracks.

The fact is two aircraft collided, and 67 people will not be going home to their loved ones.

If Trump’s buyout offer really did include ATCs then he’s doing worse than the nothing past presidents have done.  He is wrecking shit to such an extent it makes even my normally non-conspiratorial mind wonder if he’s not working for someone other than... us.

I’m a local. Some congress critter from flyover country is already trying to rename Dulles (IAD) to Trump.

Shouldn’t you be telling Trump that? Trump is the one blaming ‘DEI’ for the plane crash.

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…

Naming an airport after the guy that fired 11,000 air traffic controllers is peak republican.

Venture capital/private equity are the epitome of unchecked greed. They destroy whatever they touch because their focus is on strictly making money, not longevity of the company.

I mean, Musk has already admitted his deadlines are basically made up bullshit he never intends to hit and is more of a tactic to try to pressure the employees to work faster.

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…

the Tesla boss confirmed this week that he plans to roll out a robotaxi service later this year.

I don’t know if this crash will get politicized, but my big fear is that the Trump folks will use the news coverage of this tragedy as cover to do all kinds of evil shit behind the scenes and hope that the media don’t have the bandwidth to expose it. For example, don’t miss out on their just announced plans to…

And as we speak, trump froze all new air traffic controller hires. And there was already a shortage. This is what electing a dumbass with a whole cadre of religious nutters ( project 2025) gets us. 

Probably unrelated: https://apnews.com/article/coast-guard-homeland-security-priorities-committees-trump-tsa-d3e4398c8871ada8d0590859442e092c

You joke, but literally a week ago Trump gutted a key airline safety committee.

You think gas stations are the safe part of sketchy neighborhoods?