Now I really feel unsafe to fly. Seriously. I was debating a flight to a conference next month. This made my decision for me. I am canceling. Sorry United. You'd better protest. Stop them. Stop them NOW!

@jeffjarvis Any time before the last couple of weeks I'd say this was an overreaction, that even terrible policy- and decision- makers at the top of agencies are pretty far removed from safety critical and operational systems, with damage (or improvements) only visible over the longer term.

Not anymore. Glad I've got no trips scheduled for a while.

@mattblaze @jeffjarvis
What will the super wealthy do? Can they create a shadow air traffic control system that they themselves trust?

Even if you John Travolta yourself a private runway big enough to land a 747 right outside your front door, it won't fix the problem when, say, you want to visit Las Vegas. (And the flying private set *really* seems to love Las Vegas)

@kims @mattblaze @jeffjarvis Apparently trump tweeted (posted? truthed?) that his plane uses a superior air traffic control system from another country... So I guess he thinks its a machine under the hood of his plane, not a system that coordinates the locations of multiple airplanes at once 🤦🏾‍♀️
@rejinl @kims @jeffjarvis It seems improbably ill informed, but there's really no other way to parse what he wrote.
@mattblaze @rejinl @jeffjarvis
He still thinks stealth planes are literally invisible, so...