31 January 2025

PAGING 'DR TOKEN'...

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-- "The crux of the lawsuit is that the FAA, under the Obama administration, dropped a skill-based system for hiring Air Traffic controllers and replaced it with a 'biographical assessment' in an alleged bid to boost the number of minority job applicants." --
And...
-- "The family of the female co-pilot killed in Wednesday's deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is requesting their identity not be publicly released, the Army said Friday." --
Betcha he wishes he could pull that back...
-- "A supervisor at the Reagan National Airport tower reportedly let an air traffic controller leave early from his shift shortly before Wednesday night’s deadly collision over the Potomac River." --
Let's ask an actual pilot about the radio traffic.