VeedemsMar 24
Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛
This poor person has to live with this for the rest of their life, an issue that likely wouldn’t have occurred if we treated air traffic control jobs as the high risk jobs they are. We have got to stop short staffing high risk roles like this.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2129924/laguardia-lone-air-traffic-controller-ground-air-space/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-Jalopnik&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774280822
'I Messed Up' LaGuardia Air Traffic Controller Was Juggling Sky And Ground Traffic By Himself Right Before Deadly Crash With Firetruck

I cannot imagine trying to deal with all of this, I'll tell you what.

Jalopnik
Mar 23 at 8:09pmWeb
Show threadRaven667Mar 23
@Ashedryden its rare to read a journal report where the subjects are referred to as human beings and not objects of derision, or systemic issues are highlighted instead of individual blame
Show threadJeri DanskyMar 23
@Ashedryden That was one of my first thoughts when I read about this late last night. My heart breaks for the air traffic controller. (Of course I also mourn the deaths and the injuries.)
Show threadrapazMar 23
@Ashedryden this poor controller was handling ground traffic, air traffic and another fucking emergency before this one happened. LGA was so busy that they didn't even have a free gate for the previous emergency, but they had just this one person handling all of this by himself. despicable mismanagement
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 23

@kageRapaz @Ashedryden

So in other words, the chronic underfunding and starvation and emotional abuse of air traffic controller finally cracked.

I think there are a lot of other small scale mistakes that go on all the time with private jets although I think sometimes the pilots are major fuck ups.

I can’t imagine doing ATC

Show threadRonanMar 23
@Ashedryden doesn't sound like the blame rests (solely at least) with the controller. 4 runways, one person? Management caused this
Show threadTanek RuneMar 23

@Ashedryden
I've watched my share of videos from pilots explaining how accidents occur and what I have learned is that air traffic was always meant to have backups and redundancies. When there is an accident, it is often many different systems all failing. Unfortunately, the understaffing is a very large hole in the safety netting, allowing even minor oversights to turn into fatalities.

Unfortunately, the public will often look to the last person in the chain expecting the answers to how it all went wrong even when the issue stems from staffing cuts and budget cuts. And the last person in the chain will often be left with guilt and pain thinking they could have done something different when it was all just a matter of time :(

Show threadCome On Giant Asteroid!Mar 23

@Ashedryden

The fash have been shitting on air traffic controllers for at least 45 years.

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/

The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week

President Ronald Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers on strike in 1981 was the first huge offensive in corporate America’s war on everyone else.

The Intercept
Show threadJohn Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Mar 24

@VE2UWY @Ashedryden

Link past wall:

"The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week

Reagan's firing of striking air traffic controllers was the first huge offensive in corporate America's war on everyone else."

By Jon Schwarz
August 6 2021, 11:37 a.m.

"Forty years ago, on August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers and barred them from ever working again for the federal government. ..."

https://archive.ph/c8zb2

Show threadRightSprung will not complyMar 23

@Ashedryden

100%

Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHMar 23
@Ashedryden
Yeah, but that would require ending the Republican Party entirely & permanently.
Show threadAlan CampbellMar 23
@Ashedryden oh man, that poor person, I sure hope there’s some mental health support available. 🙁
Show threadEsslar2Mar 23
@Ashedryden This was very sad but there was a lot going on when it happened. As a professional pilot, I'd wait until a thorough investigation is finished and then see what led up to this. From a personal point of view, I can't watch or listen to the tapes, it just hurts too much. Those pilots were doing their job and did nothing wrong. This could have happened to anyone, me included.
Show threadArchiveScribeMar 24
@Ashedryden This is tragic.
Show thread🏝️えいすま・EigoSmash 🇨🇦Mar 24
@Ashedryden There's an interesting (somewhat unpopular) opinion in the comments of the article suggesting that airports are designed very poorly. I wonder if there is any truth to that. My deepest condolences to the pilots and I hope the controller finds peace as well.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Mar 25
@Ashedryden even better, let’s never short staff *any* role, and over staff the high risk ones!