Funny, things seemed to be fine under the previous administration. Odd!
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It wasn't fine. ATC hasn't been properly staffed in decades, and many of them are functioning alcoholics because they can't get mental health support or they'll be forced to take unpaid leave for 6 months.
Like everything else, Trump made it all worse, but ATC has been struggling since before Reagan due to chronic underfunding. It's been getting worse as more and more of them retire. Trump made it worse by firing the replacements who had undergone years of training. When things began to derail, they hired back the ones that had already retired.
There's no game plan. Congress has no game plan in place to fix this. I'm not a both sides kind of person (check my comment history), but most elected officials in Congress are completely incompetent. It goes without saying for this administration as well.
As one example, the current problems in Newark are because there are just 20 ATCs that work that airport (from Philadelphia by wire) and 5 of them went on leave. This in turn caused downstream effects in other places because airlines cancelled flights or had to reroute. Think about that: the Northeast aviation system begins to fall apart if a single-digit number of people who normally work 6 days a week, who work overtime, decide to take leave.
The reason they went on leave is because they lost all communications for like 90 seconds when they were tracking a couple dozen flights. These people are such nervous wrecks and it came so close to a major aviation disaster that they had to go on leave to recuperate from the stress.
I mean that's kind of the significant problem... before it was basically stretched to the max, running in a way where an eventual problem was inevitable. Attempting to fix something that was unsustainably hanging by a thread by... thinning the thread created the insane powderkeg we have now though.
This is unfortunately the tip of the iceberg. Trump campaigned on the idea that the federal government was bloated and incompetent, then started firing people en masse without understanding what these people do.
It would be easy to blame Buttigeig for this outage had Trump not immediately made the condition worse.
Every time the federal government fails at doing something, DOGE is going to be blamed.
Surprised he didn't blame it on Biden. Everything's Biden's fault according to Trump...
I feel like the last two panels should be switched... Both work, just personal preference.
Heckling? That sounds like Latin gang talk! Deport him from the club!
From the club?
🎵 Let's get deported a-ha!
Let's get deported in here! 🎵
If you read the article, it literally says he did also blame it on Biden.
Hahaha, so predictable.
Blame the gay guy first, then blame the black woman, then claim the black woman isn't actually black but "transitioned" into being black. Then its Biden, but not before saying "Thanks Obama".
Don't forget "hEr eMaILs! 😡"
My guy. It's "Buttery Males!"
And somehow this works for them. For decades.
Buttigieg has been going around a lot in the press explaining why Trump's policies are bad, including in conservative media. Trump is probably aware of this and is trying to undercut Buttigieg's criticism.
Wait. I thought it was DEI’s fault. Instead it’s really the fault of a guy who hasn’t worked there since Jan 20. It’s also not the cuts to the air traffic control sector of jobs that happened after Jan 20. Got it.
Of note, the producer of The Apprentice liked working with Trump because even after ratings fell and the show was in the dumpster, Trump would get out there and sell the show as brilliant, beloved, and with top ratings. It’s what he does.
Duh, Pete was a DEI hire for being gay
Biden's dei hire for being gay, and I heard he used a laptop and had emails!
He literally wears clown makeup. It's just so bizarre.
And no aliens even? Lame.
you aren't fooling anyone Donnie
Sadly I fully expect to hear that parroted from family soon.
Yep, that’s the problem. People do listen and accept without question.
Just keep asking them “why?” and watch their argument fall apart without Brett Baer or whatever ghoul they listen to making their argument for them.
Except, you know, tens of millions of American voters...
It he’s not Biden…?
Urgent message from GOP: Get Outta Planes!!!