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Trump Promises Brand New Air Traffic System

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Anyone know what he is talking about here? I know we have some aviation types here. 39 different companies “piece together” our present system?

 
Sounds like he is going to outsource air traffic control to Musk and get those 4 kids to write the code.......seriously! Holy hell!!!

"Elon Musk has pledged to deploy his “DOGE” cost-cutting squad inside the innards of America’s air traffic control system, promising Wednesday to “make rapid safety upgrades” to the complex web of software, hardware, facilities and people that keep planes from crashing into each other.

“With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,” Musk posted to his social media platform X. Musk’s comment came shortly after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted that he’d spoken to DOGE and that the squad plans to “plug in” to the air traffic control system to help make unspecified upgrades to unknown systems."

 
ACT (Air Traffic Control) and IRS have the two most old obsolete systems that just begs for more modernization. More computer automation and less human interaction. I remember when computers use to make mistakes, now only humans do.
 
dmpi said:
ACT (Air Traffic Control) and IRS have the two most old obsolete systems that just begs for more modernization. More computer automation and less human interaction. I remember when computers use to make mistakes, now only humans do.
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More money.
 
Callen said:
“With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,”
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Safety upgrades to the nation's air traffic control aren't made rapidly by 4 techies !!!! This is scary stuff if Musk is allowed access to those systems.
 
Callen said:
Sounds like he is going to outsource air traffic control to Musk and get those 4 kids to write the code.......seriously! Holy hell!!!

"Elon Musk has pledged to deploy his “DOGE” cost-cutting squad inside the innards of America’s air traffic control system, promising Wednesday to “make rapid safety upgrades” to the complex web of software, hardware, facilities and people that keep planes from crashing into each other.

“With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,” Musk posted to his social media platform X. Musk’s comment came shortly after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted that he’d spoken to DOGE and that the squad plans to “plug in” to the air traffic control system to help make unspecified upgrades to unknown systems."

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My guess is he will farm the work out to Elon by EO or some other measure, thus avoiding the process of bidding the work out.

Get used to this. This is why Elon made DOGE, so he could suck off of the government teat freely with no obstacles say, like, competitors.
 
Apparently, this is what he wants to replace the current system, which despite one recent high-profile crash, has been extraordinarily successful....

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dmpi said:
OK to spend money IF it's cheaper in the long run. but that a big IF because a lot can go wrong.
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Damn right. Doing something like that through DOGE is reckless
 
 
It looks like I will be sure to drive to places for the next few years until air safety can be proven.
 
Callen said:
Damn right. Doing something like that through DOGE is reckless
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Trump never said anything about DOGE fixing the ATC system. I would think Boeing would be the ones to do this.
 
Rexedgar said:
Anyone know what he is talking about here? I know we have some aviation types here. 39 different companies “piece together” our present system?

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And when the satellites go down???????
 
Nothing like having young minions raiding the governments data AND "upgrading" aviation systems. I mean, they have 120 hours in a week right?

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Airyaman said:
Nothing like having young minions raiding the governments data AND "upgrading" aviation systems. I mean, they have 120 hours in a week right?

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Who pays?
 
dmpi said:
OK to spend money IF it's cheaper in the long run. but that a big IF because a lot can go wrong.
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What about, OK to spend money IF it's safer on the long run?
Air traffic control sounds like the wrong place to cheap out and shop price.
 
Callen said:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted that he’d spoken to DOGE and that the squad plans to “plug in” to the air traffic control system to help make unspecified upgrades to unknown systems."
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That sounds like an excellent idea 🙄
 
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