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Monday, February 17th, 2025 06:18 pm
Part of a post from (retch) Xitter:

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Secretary Sean Duffy
[profile] secduffy

America deserves safe, state-of-the-art air travel, and President Trump has ordered that I deliver a new, world-class air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world.

To do that, I need advice from the brightest minds in America.

I’m asking for help from any high-tech American developer or company that is willing to give back to our country.

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Yeah, first they fire union employees who already *know* the system and have complained about problems _for years_ about the equipment them have and the personnel they don't have.

Then Duffy asks for help from "any high tech American developer or company that is willing to give back to our country."

Translation: we want free stuff and free solutions. This is _air traffic control_. Computers? Yes, but radios, radar and people trained on using the equipment. You can't fix this with blockchain, A.I. or meme coin. I can see Musk's incel DOGEbros screwing this up massively.

It's going to take _money_. It's going to take _people_.

Forget air travel. It's going to get *dangerous* real soon, especially if seasoned staff decides to walk off the job before they get fired.
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