Summary
Elon Musk called on retired air traffic controllers to return to work, citing a shortage amid heightened scrutiny of the FAA under Trump’s second term.
With DOT Secretary Sean Duffy’s support, Musk’s DOGE attempts to “upgrade” aviation systems despite recent FAA job cuts.
The AP reports fired employees included radar and navigational aid maintenance personnel, though Duffy insisted no “critical safety personnel” were terminated.
Musk’s appeal comes amid increased public concern over recent aviation incidents, though experts consider the uptick an anomaly.
I used to work for Amazon in a division I didn’t feel grimey for. Spent over 7 years of my life in that division, doing great things and recurringly got top performer review status and was even awarded role model on top of that on several occasions.
Then they laid me off in 2023, after my latest review of “top performer” & award of “role model”.
About 2 weeks ago a recruiter reached out to me for a role in AWS and I responded with, “Amazon shouldn’t have laid me, a top performer and role model, off if they’d like me to work for them.”
ATCs should give this response to Musk.
they did a wave massive layoffs in tech in 2023, my bro was included i knew he would be a target, because if you earning that much income, its bound to happen.
Shame you can’t do the same with CEOs
I was told there was no such thing as a shortage in a free market, why won’t the executive branch embrace free market economics?
Musk is discovering he can’t hire foreign workers to replace people at will. That some federal workers perform highly specialized and high stress tasks that you can’t fix with his typical knuckle dragging tactics.
its not possible since they are forced to retire by law at 56 anyways, and they already proven that with studies that past a certain age you cant maintain the same cognitive abilities like in your 20s-40s.
Ummm, didn’t he fire them? Also, how many air traffic controllers does he think are using his xitty platform?
Is it safe to bring back retired people? They retire for a reason, usually.
no its not, its physically, and mentally not possible, since studies have shown how you decline mentally at a certain age.
Contract negotiation time!
Exactly how he runs Tesla, too. Fire a bunch of people, just to rehire even more 2 to 3 weeks later.
I wouldn’t even think of flying down to the US for this very reason - I wouldn’t feel safe.
Hyper capitalists love to talk about incentives in a free market… how about you fucking pony up the incentives you thin-lipped small dick bastard
“I clear cut the forest and now there is a shortage of trees. Woe is me.”
As much as I loathe the twat, this issue predates him. Now, after what he’s done to the FAA, good luck convincing them to come back. A very stressful, understaffed job… Sure they’ll want to get out of retirement…
As a guy who has to travel for work. I hope that these guys tell him to pound fucking sand
Really highlights how stupid Republicans and Musk really is and how his companies thrived despite his leadership not because.
It’s never a problem until it affects them
Good luck to you. I’m not setting foot on a plane until this administration is over with (assuming there is an end to it).
Yup. Don’t really have a choice of If I want to keep the family housed and fed but I do have a lot of life insurance.
Don’t worry, they won’t pay out.
That makes me feel better. I’m happy that my premiums are going to end up in the pockets of some CEO on a boat somewhere instead of to my family after I die. I’m sure the CEO needs the money more then my daughter. I mean, underage trafficked girls and coke doesn’t pay for itself.
Musk’s appeal comes amid increased public concern over recent aviation incidents, though experts consider the uptick an anomaly.
Anomalies for now. These aviation incidents will become the new normal after gutting the department that is charge of preventing aviation incidents from happening.
But hey, Musky Boy got to play a chainsaw. So that’s a plus?
Why would anyone do this when they’re likely to be in another wave of mass firings. Imo yall should strike.
Because, see - uh Elon, he likes to sort of surf on the livelihood of others. It’s like a fun little game for him, where he fires and has to rehire, which forms a pique of the wave so he can feel a little tickle in his belly and go weee. He’s such a scamp.
Actually, no. He’s horrible. Who gave him a mandate again? Oh right.
Who gave him a mandate?
His 300 million dollar campaign donation and 40 billion dollar purchase of twitter, I think.
Oh he needs those useless federal workers? Most of those people remember what reagan did and feel no loyalty at all to the republican party.
You underestimate conservatives
I’ve worked around some ATC people. They remember what the republicans did. All the new hires get indoctrinated with the sure knowledge that they are considered disposable by republicans and Washington in general. Musk is going to get people killed. We can only hope that that he rushes through the new air force one and it has a titanic sub type of malfunction.
