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uponit7771

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Thu Jan 30, 2025, 02:26 PM Jan 2025

**NO** Airliner Crashes in 10 years ... Trump fires Air Safety committee [View all]

Last edited Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:13 PM - Edit history (1)

No airliner crashes for more than 10 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft_in_the_United_States

Trump fires Air Safety Advisory Committee

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

"...The aviation security committee, which was mandated by Congress after the 1988 PanAm 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, will technically continue to exist but it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports. Before Tuesday, the group included representatives of all the key groups in the industry — including the airlines and major unions — as well as members of a group associated with the victims of the PanAm 103 bombing. The vast majority of the group’s recommendations were adopted over the years...."


Its going to get worse from here


EDIT: ... and then there's this !!!

Enron Musk fires head of FAA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-administrator-quit-jan-20-045322293.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM-CsdEnFVCkRdDo1nrkJdUjfkcwBXF_91DTOrjNS-DOpok-WQyeD1-nxIvrDaykkWqNNQrUnAw2nOoImMO_tB2ZOhNsDDVH7N1FkuX0DyWLWQceOl3HlXZQzS7ImDFqnh7N15O9gAbuTZ2l90gTGnOExcoXTKjcF7JEiUrRPHsg

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There haven't been any plane crashes for 10 years so we don't need a safety committee, right? Ocelot II Jan 2025 #1
There have been helicopter and charted flight crashes but no airliners even the ones that did happen didn't have a.... uponit7771 Jan 2025 #3
It would be great it someone checking the plastic bafoon's plan and 'missing" Maraya1969 Jan 2025 #2
More from your article dated January 21 (9 days ago) UpInArms Jan 2025 #4
If the Press sides with Trump on this one... lame54 Jan 2025 #5
reading the headlines..... Skittles Jan 2025 #19
Independent Media barbtries Jan 2025 #20
There have been lots of plane crashes in the past 10 years dclarston13 Jan 2025 #6
I think the reference was to major airline crashes, of which there were none until now. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #7
Thats what I thought too dclarston13 Jan 2025 #27
They didn't occur in the US, though. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #28
Not trying to b e contrary but..... dclarston13 Jan 2025 #31
I don't need a vaccine, nobody gets that disease any more. Same logic. But not logical. twodogsbarking Jan 2025 #8
I'm noticing more and more newcomers to DU starting to post.Most I have seen have less the 500 posts and always..... usaf-vet Jan 2025 #9
Yep, a lot have come over from X echo chamber .. they noticing they're getting dumber talking to themselves uponit7771 Jan 2025 #10
Seems like they are taking a risk birdographer Jan 2025 #23
fly-under-the-radar trolls Skittles Jan 2025 #14
Amazing that some have the patience to fly under the radar for years. live love laugh Jan 2025 #18
yeah, it is indeed odd Skittles Jan 2025 #26
Yep, been seeing this since for awhile now. W_HAMILTON Jan 2025 #21
I used to fly a LOT... WarGamer Jan 2025 #11
Shouldn't this be proof that Musk's bullshit is dangerous? Initech Jan 2025 #12
Yep, on Tesla call this morning he sounded high as hell and not too far away from Trump logic in what FSD isn't up yet uponit7771 Jan 2025 #13
Same thing happened before covid. Trump fired our pandemic watchdogs in China. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #15
He blaming it on President Obama and Biden for this incident kimbutgar Jan 2025 #16
Enron Musk didn't fire the head of FAA progressoid Jan 2025 #17
Semantics, outcome is the same uponit7771 Jan 2025 #25
OK progressoid Jan 2025 #29
Legally this seen as a firing in federal court..... ask me how I know uponit7771 Jan 2025 #32
But, but, it's certainly not my fault. LilElf70 Jan 2025 #22
My reply to babylonsister's post yesterda. boonecreek Jan 2025 #24
Everything the G.O.P. Felon touches withers or dies BoRaGard Jan 2025 #30
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