LaGuardia crash resulted from government shutdown and 3,500 missing controllers(deanblundell.substack.com)
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LaGuardia crash resulted from government shutdown and 3,500 missing controllers
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-dont-fly-to-america-heres
It also conveniently neglects the skyrocketing 'near miss' rates that began in the previous administration, illuminating this as a political piece. [1] [2]
"They were part of an alarming pattern of safety lapses and near misses in the skies and on the runways of the United States, a Times investigation found" (2023) [3]
Additionally, the FAA is known to have lowered standards for diverse hiring reasons and was subject to a class action lawsuit on this point, which revealed a rigged "biographical test" that diverse candidates knew the answers to, and which had zero basis in skill or merit. [4]
[1] https://simpleflying.com/faa-near-miss-incidents-2023/
[2] https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/near-misses-and-runway...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/21/business/airl...
[4] https://iclg.com/news/22215-federal-aviation-administration-...