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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 101 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

"You will see mass flight delays. You'll see mass cancelations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don't have the air traffic controllers."

Maybe y'all shouldn't have let DOGE chainsaw the FAA, then.

[–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 69 points 11 hours ago

Not to take any rightful criticism off of DOGE, but ATCs just have never properly recovered from Reagan getting pissy, and are still just not properly equipped.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 23 points 11 hours ago

The answer is obviously force them to work without pay or face jail, right?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What does this even mean? How do you “close certain parts of the airspace”?

Do you invoke NORAD to prevent airplanes from flying into certain portions of US air space? Do you NOTAM certain airspace as class G? Do you maintain the class so VFR can’t fly through and have IFR avoid it? Do you put a TFR across the airspace?

Come on, dude. Be specific. FAA is DOT. You have the means to find someone who knows the correct words.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago

Because it’s a threat, not a safety measure

This is yet another loud chest beating to signal Republican incompetence