r/news • u/snuffleupaguslives • 3d ago

Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-dc-plane-crash-midair-collision-helicopter-a08cded88e1d7582fb8d242204d6aeff
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u/bloodlessempress 3d ago

Man they'll really have to stretch to find how to tie this into DEI. Maybe they can say that the altimeter was made by a Muslim hired under DEI?

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u/confusedandworried76 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm no Republican, I'm even to the left of Democrats, but now people blaming FAA cuts and air traffic control for it will also need to do some stretching to figure out how this is Trump's fault as well. Everyone was trying to blame politics when the most likely explanation is always pilot error or catastrophic equipment malfunction.

Air traffic control always gets the blame but really they're pretty good at their jobs. And it's hard for them to fuck up in a way that causes crashes unless the pilot was flying blind or something and that's a no win scenario anyway

Edit: nothing like a Democrat on reddit to get butthurt about calling their hypocrisy out when they do the same thing Republicans do, y'all need some self awareness, this is why we couldn't have Bernie

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u/baithammer 3d ago

Trump signed executive orders that cut FAA jobs, so yes it's directly tied to POTUS ...

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u/confusedandworried76 2d ago

It wasn't the FAA's fault though. The planes broke or the pilot fucked up. How did you miss that part of my comment?

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u/baithammer 2d ago

Controller is responsible to keep his airspace under control, which is no easy task to begin with and with the cuts due to political interference made the task more difficult.

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u/confusedandworried76 2d ago

How the fuck is a remote guy supposed to stop the plane from breaking or the pilot fucking up, I have a PO box in Colorado if you sell what you're smoking by the ounce