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  1. New relevance for Feb. 2024 More Perfect Union air traffic control video: #Reagan #neoliberalism🖕broke, silenced unions [Carter, Clinton helped]😡Mental health concerns: fatigue, stress, stigma of trying to get help. pilot, ATC alcohol "medication", healthcare avoidance😕 #MorePerfectUnion #AirTrafficControl #NotNormal #Flight5342

    We Talked To Air Traffic Controllers. What We Heard Will Shock You.
    perfectunion.us/we-talked-to-a
    youtu.be/GyN67qAqfww

  2. seems like as good a time as any to remember that America's current Secretary of Transportation started his professional career as a cast member of MTV's groundbreaking reality TV shows "The Real World" and "Road Rules" and has no relevant experience of any kind for the job (other than being a #MAGA congressman and a #FoxNews host).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Duf

    #DOT #SeanDuffy #RoadRules #uspol #NTSB #flight5342

  3. @froomkin
    The Lever: Transportation Secretary and former Rep. Sean Duffy voted for airline-backed legislation to expand flight traffic at #NationalAirport, despite dire safety warnings about heavy air traffic…
    Jan 29, 2025 Before D.C. Airport #Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings, Boosted Flights
    Despite midflight near-misses & dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport
    levernews.com/before-d-c-airpo
    #DOT #SeanDuffy #TheLever #Flight5342 #AA5342

  4. Holy crap! Asked by a reporter how, before the investigation has concluded, #Trump can conclude that #diversity was to blame for the #crash.

    His response: “Because I have common sense.”

    #racist! #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Heterosexism

    #AA5342 #AmericanAirlines #Flight5342 #ReaganNationalAirport

  5. Revolting pig

    #Trump is now speaking about the #AmericanAirlines crash. It is his first appearance in the briefing room since his White House return.

    He immediately goes from *mourning* the victims to political attacks. He assails fmr Transportation Sec Pete Buttigieg as “a disaster,” blaming him for #diversity objectives at the FAA. The inference is that diversity = incompetence.

    #AA5342 #AmericanAirlines #Flight5342 #ReaganNationalAirport