"Next airline disaster"? Why did the last few not count?
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2025
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They mean the next one after the latest one and possibly the one after that. The other ones will be caused by planned greater fuckups in the future.
I fly back out from the USA in two weeks
tHouGhTs AnD pRaYeRs. the standard american response
Friends don’t let friends fly when air traffic control towers aren’t properly staffed and supported. It is just too dangerous now.
Driving is far more dangerous, same with any other mode of transport.
Real question, how do you get the data to make this judgement? How much more dangerous is it, and what's the threshold when the danger chance is negligible enough?
Reminds me of this.
Officials in California dedicated the Folsom Dam Memorial, which will honor the nearby residents that will die when the faulty dam fails.
Warning DOGE does nothing. Breaking things and causing death is part of the plan. Oust the Nazis.
DOGE will fire the watchdog.
and make flight delays more and reduce any gains airports that expanded had gotten. It should not be but it taking longer is going to anger folks more I bet.
Hey maybe the next airplane disaster can happen to air force one.
I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait to fly. /s
I’m anti-DOGE and anti-Trump, but I’m not a fan of weaponizing disinformation.
It’s not that there’s more plane crashes now. The news is just covering them more.
of course not. it will take some time for the effects to kick in in that regard. we won't know for years.
Absolutely. We’re going to suffer the effects of Trump’s shit show for some time. But it’s disinformation to say imply that’s why we’re seeing these plane crashes now.
Good thing both the original post article title and content do not do that then. most likely implies the future and that is what the article talks about. Nice to know about the unrelated concern about disinformation though.
Oh man. No. Increased media focus on a particular issue to manufacture concern is nothing new, and not at all unrelated.
You should read Manufacturing Consent.
This is a pretty big issue. I don't think its an unwarranted level of focus. Im not sure if its on this thread or elsewhere but I have mentioned a bigger issue for folks is airport delays which is actually whats going to piss people off more around the cuts.
There’s a lot implying that the crashes being covered are being caused by the Trump cuts, and that’s simply not true (yet).
are we reading the same article because im not seeing that?
It's like the "sudden" increase in railway derailments we saw not long ago.
Some of y'all let the media lead you around by the fucking nose.
(Not you OP, if that wasn't clear.)
Also same as the news & politicians across the country spreading lies about increased crime to justify increased police budgets. In reality, crime is way down.