Brian Tyler Cohen: They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.

[Dennis Donovan]

Brian Tyler Cohen
‪@briantylercohen.bsky.social‬
They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.

February 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/briantylercohen.bsky.social/post/3lj6ivw5ozk2f

[Hekate]

1. Reapply for your old job very humbly, & we'll make sure your salary is lower with no benefits

[Ocelot II]

13. They couldn't go back if they wanted to if they're over 56.

Air traffic controllers, like pilots, have a mandatory retirement age. It's a very stressful job and people burn out fairly young - 56, or in special circumstances, 61 (pilots get to keep working until they're 65).

[Ocelot II]

2. Eloon apparently doesn't know that ATCs have a mandatory retirement age of 56

(61 in a few exceptional circumstances). So unless they took early retirement and are still younger than 56 (maybe 61), they couldn't come back if they wanted to. Why would they want to return even if they could, considering the way FAA is cutting other staff and making ATC's jobs that much harder? And what would happen to the benefits they're currently getting as retirees?

[SheltieLover]

8. There you go thunking again.

That's illegal in Apartheid Clyde's domain.

Thx for sharing as always.

[milestogo]

10. Eloon apparently doesn't know shit.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. That was Reagan's first act as I recall.

GOP hate the unions .

[SheltieLover]

11. They sure do hate unions!

[senseandsensibility]

4. You really couldn't make up this level of

dysfunction.

[kimbutgar]

5. Sure to hurt the airline and tourism industry

I heard a lady today call into a show who was a travel against said that people are canceling trips and are afraid to fly.

I’m also inthat category. Dropped my plans to go to London in September. And his actions are going to hurt international travel to this country. It’s as if they are blind to the consequences of their idiot actions.

[SheltieLover]

12. The consequences are the intended result

[magicarpet]

15. Eloon's and djt's wet dream is to privatize the FAA.

If they render it broken with massive terminations of employment they can then hand the operation over to Space X,... Eloons subsidiary.

If an emergency takeover of the FAA is required by Space X. With so little time for review, by pResidential Order will be a no bid contract for Eloon's company.

[dalton99a]

6. NEXT: Musk announces air safety surcharge on passengers

"You want to get there in one piece? Pay me"

[viva la]

7. Notice he's got to make it sound like he fired a bunch of incompetents....

And is going for better quality.
Because he couldn't for the life of him admit that maybe he made a mistake firing the people who keep planes from colliding.

[MineralMan]

9. Oh, Leon can just slot a few of his script kiddies into ATC positions.

I mean, they're genius grade, so they can learn that job in a couple of hours, right?

[dalton99a]

14. They can talk and they can use computers. Piece of cake.

[MineralMan]

16. Sure. Easy peasy.

[onethatcares]

19. all they need to know is 5 bullet points

1. board airplane

2. stuff things in overhead bins

3. listen to safety spiel (maybe)

4. take off

5. land

see, it's a no prob job.................

hope the sarcasm thingy isn't needed here

[Norbert]

17. Work for someone who thinks workers are worthless

They would be crazy to come back.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Makes me happier than usual

that my next several trips I'll be driving or taking the train.