It was a system in a critical state and the freeze and well telegraphed upcoming layoffs led to a controller covering two roles and work done by supporting staff. This pushed the system over the edge.
Then they tried to baselessly blame DEI, then they tried to shift blame to the controller.
The collision was January 29. On Jan 20, a hiring freeze was hastily rolled out including the FAA. They were in the process of laying off staff, which was finalized in February with 400 probationary staff. These were largely rolled back that year after the impact to the civil aviation system, including substantially contributing to the deaths of these 67 people. The NIST report was produced under pressure. I stand by what I wrote. They threw an overloaded system into chaos with little care for the consequences and this was one of the results.
DOGE was working hand in hand with then new administration the entire time.
rogerrogerr|17 days ago
That was a long-standing set of bad routes that was going to kill someone eventually.
throwaway5752|16 days ago
Then they tried to baselessly blame DEI, then they tried to shift blame to the controller.
The collision was January 29. On Jan 20, a hiring freeze was hastily rolled out including the FAA. They were in the process of laying off staff, which was finalized in February with 400 probationary staff. These were largely rolled back that year after the impact to the civil aviation system, including substantially contributing to the deaths of these 67 people. The NIST report was produced under pressure. I stand by what I wrote. They threw an overloaded system into chaos with little care for the consequences and this was one of the results.
DOGE was working hand in hand with then new administration the entire time.
unknown|16 days ago
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ExpertAdvisor01|17 days ago