A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 6:33 AM UTC

ivewonyoung wrote: post #49

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #3

What specific expertise does SpaceX have in the air traffic control realm? What was the bidding process like? Do other regions / nations have more advanced ATC than we do, and what can we learn from them? Is there a problem statement beyond "it has some old bits"? What are the specific goals? Just feels like corruption, tbh.

Why is everyone assuming SpaceX is getting paid for this by the government? The article doesn't even say that SpaceX is getting paid by the govt for it, they just put it in the headline and use weasel words in the story to make people come up with assumptions that may not be true. The govt can be paying those folks directly or Musk himself can be paying them like he did for some DOGE team members.

Post by notahacker » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #146

notahacker wrote: post #126

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Sure, so 1% of the workforce of an organization generally considered to be understaffed, with the firing criteria being either that (i) their role was a position the FAA had recently decided needed filling or (ii) they had been successful enough with the agency to be promoted to a new role. Having fired them, the agency will now look into whether the radar, landing and navigational aid workers fired performed safety…

Less than 1%. 45,000/400 = 0.89%. It was reported that they were not critical workers. Perhaps some will be rehired. A review of hiring procedures is underway. It's recently been revealed that not only does the FAA require a "biography" of its ATC applicants, but have even been coaching black candidates how to use the keywords that will allow their applications to float to the top. If the agency and the politicians o…

Post by exodust » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 1:51 PM UTC

soco wrote: post #85

exodust wrote: post #64

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Die as a result of giving attention to and upgrading air traffic control systems? Didn't a bunch of people die recently as a result of not intervening in this manner? The Verge is... often a nauseating experience because between every line they're hammering a side-hustle point with blunt force. Duffy: " I’m asking for help from any high-tech American developer or company that is willing to give back to our country...…

Are they asking the traffic controllers they already fired?

Post by nobankai » Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC

gitfan86 wrote: post #154

nobankai wrote: post #145

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Serious governments don't ask Egypt and Jordan to do that because both nations have already made their stance clear on the matter. For as long as Israel refuses to take Gazan health or survival seriously, I wouldn't hesitate to call this a modern Holocaust.

Calling everyone a NAZI does seem to be the current tactic of the left.