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FAA sheds workers as planes preserve crashing—however welcomes SpaceX staffers

Editorial Board Published February 17, 2025
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President Donald Trump’s administration has begun firing tons of of Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending the protection of hundreds of thousands of flyers throughout a busy journey weekend, regardless of 4 lethal airplane crashes since he took workplace on Jan. 20.

“We are troubled and disappointed by the administration’s decision to fire FAA probationary employees PASS represents without cause nor based on performance or conduct,” Spero mentioned.

He added, “These are not nameless, faceless bureaucrats. They are our family, friends, and neighbors. They contribute to our communities. Many military veterans are among them. It is shameful to toss aside dedicated public servants who have chosen to work on behalf of their fellow Americans.” 

The heartless transfer by the Trump administration comes lower than three weeks after a passenger jet and a army helicopter collided close to Washington, D.C., killing all 67 folks aboard each aircrafts. An FAA report discovered that air-traffic management towers had been understaffed on the time of the crash, however the Trump administration is hell-bent on upending the federal workforce all within the identify of eliminating “waste.”

Whereas the precise variety of affected FAA employees is unknown, Spero mentioned it’s “possible” that extra employees would obtain termination notices over this previous weekend. He mentioned affected employees is likely to be “literally barred” from getting into FAA buildings on Tuesday (after the federal Presidents Day vacation on Monday).


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In response to the Related Press, which spoke with one air-traffic controller, the impacted employees embrace personnel employed for FAA radar, touchdown, and navigational upkeep.

Since assuming the presidency earlier this yr, Trump and his unelected co-president, Elon Musk, have set about swiftly and heartlessly slashing the scale of the U.S. authorities. In response to The New York Occasions, some 200,000 probationary employees, who don’t obtain the identical protections as different federal workers, had been amongst their first targets. However these firings are shortsighted and will have lethal penalties.

To date, there have been 4 lethal airplane crashes in the US since Trump took workplace. Earlier than the Washington, D.C., crash, there had not been a serious deadly crash of a passenger airplane within the nation since 2009. Nonsensically, Trump has insisted that variety, fairness, and inclusion insurance policies within the office had been responsible.

“Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency’s mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety,” Spero mentioned. “And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month.”

Because the administration continues its downsizing efforts, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy introduced on social media that officers from Musk’s SpaceX workforce would go to the FAA Air Visitors Management System Command Middle, in Warrenton, Virginia, on Tuesday. Later within the week, Duffy mentioned he would journey to Oklahoma to go to the FAA’s air journey management heart within the hopes of studying “more about their education and how we can ensure that only the very best guide our aircrafts.”

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