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Raine1967

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9. I am skeptical of this until the NTSB finishes its investigation.

Reply to B2G (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 03:23 PM

May 2015

It says that the system needed further testing, which is terrible, but these republicans are already making it sound like they have finished the investigation, when that is not the case.

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Speed Control Was Installed, Not On at Time of Amtrak Crash [View all] B2G May 2015 OP

This is outrageous. WHY was it not turned on? Perhaps it should be on, always. ALL THE TIME. CaliforniaPeggy May 2015 #1

Well egg on a lot of faces today. yeoman6987 May 2015 #2

Not just egg, unfortunately. CaliforniaPeggy May 2015 #3

Blood. Lochloosa May 2015 #5

Fucking stupid government contracts and red tape. B2G May 2015 #4

Perhaps they can consider this awful crash "further testing"??? CaliforniaPeggy May 2015 #6

Private ownership of spectrum is such BS. joshcryer May 2015 #7

I just knew someone would find a way B2G May 2015 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine1967 May 2015 #10

Nope, I'm just saying get rid of de facto leases. joshcryer May 2015 #11

And Amtrak blames the delays on the FCC B2G May 2015 #12

FCC had no authority here. joshcryer May 2015 #13

Reductio ad absurdum. Well done, and in record time!! LanternWaste May 2015 #14

Because Amtrak does not have the right to use the radio frequencies the system uses jberryhill May 2015 #15

I am skeptical of this until the NTSB finishes its investigation. Raine1967 May 2015 #9