tl;dr — 45 wants to privatize air traffic control, as part of net cuts to US infrastructure. #asshole #resist #impeach
So to “modernize” the system, the government would further entrench a concentrated airline system, paid for by passengers. If we know anything from the past several years of air travel, we know that concentration has sacrificed customer service and quality for profits. This proposal would leverage the air traffic control system to ensure that this worsening of the flying experience remains dominant. And the airlines wouldn’t really pay anything to acquire this public asset, which serves the appropriately governmental function of keeping the skies safe.
Oh God. I was reading about the proposed extension of an electronics ban to domestic flights the other day. I might be doing long road trips in the future.
< ![CDATA[Oh God. I was reading about the proposed extension of an electronics ban to domestic flights the other day. I might be doing long road trips in the future.]]>
It’s stunning how absolutely awful travel in the US is, and how no one in power seems to give a shit.
< ![CDATA[It's stunning how absolutely awful travel in the US is, and how no one in power seems to give a shit.]]>
If you fly in small private jets, you mostly fly out of different terminals that bypass the security theater that the masses are subjected to.
< ![CDATA[If you fly in small private jets, you mostly fly out of different terminals that bypass the security theater that the masses are subjected to.]]>
IOW, those legislating about it never have to feel the discomfort it causes to normal people.
Sounds like every other facet of the human experience wrt to politics.
< ![CDATA[IOW, those legislating about it never have to feel the discomfort it causes to normal people. Sounds like every other facet of the human experience wrt to politics.]]>
And the Mussolini factor with Trump Appears again full force….
#trumpismussolini
< ![CDATA[And the Mussolini factor with Trump Appears again full force.... #trumpismussolini]]>