I’m so happy the good and stable minds in the US saw fit to DOGE and anti-DEI their country into a state of pure Freedom™️.
Surely, they’re Great Again, yeah?
Absolute fucking disgrace and embarrassment of a country.
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AprilsMostAmazing on
A lot of people will make this all about human error. It’s important for the rest of us to realize that human error was caused by systematic issues. The systematic issues have only increased because of the current American conservative government
Moogwalzer on
100% the fault of the system the USA has fostered under their current idiotic, disgusting regime.
In what world do you make a mistake like this?
jdstew218 on
I feel bad for the controller. Obviously we don’t know enough about the sequence of events but it’s very likely that while he was at fault, he was put into this position by the system (Trump administration). They have been very open about how they have been reducing staff levels at the FAA. I can only imagine that poor controller trying to do the job of 2 or 3 people and this happens.
g0kartmozart on
Between this and the ICE agents at security, I won’t be travelling or even transferring in the USA again as long as I can avoid it.
bitchslippers on
Why are we sending Canadian workers into dangerous conditions. This isn’t the first and won’t be the last aviation disaster caused by the current administration.
TheFutureMrGittes on
I don’t blame the controller. These guys are stretched to the limit. I blame Trump and Musk directly. In a normal world, they would be held directly responsible. It just gives Canadians, and any other traveller, yet ANOTHER reason to not visit the US. What a sad mess.
raz_kripta on
Yup, after so many cutbacks and govt fights with air traffic controllers, this type of accident is gonna happen. Flying to the USA isn’t safe anymore – remember that if you go there.
No_Magazine9625 on
Ottawa should summon Ambassador Hoekstra and give him an earful over the negligence of the DOT and FAA in oversight and how it is putting Canadian lives at risk. The Trump administration is just as culpable in this as Iran was in shooting down that Ukranian airliner full of Canadians a few years ago, and they should be treated similarly.
headtale on
This is horrible but as someone who recently traveled to Mexico, I can’t help but wonder if people will have a similar reaction to what happened after the cartel unrest in Puerto Vallarta?
We had people reaching out to see if we were safe (we were in Cancun), advising us to never travel to Mexico again, family members cancelling their pending vacations to Mexico even though things were basically back to normal in PV after a couple days. No Canadians killed or injured.
Meanwhile, Canadians are increasigly going back to the US even though there are similar dangers if not worse. Not blaming the air traffic controller but it was well-publicized that the US cut many positions in air traffic control through their DOGE process. They currently have unpaid TSA agents calling out sick or showing up at work frustrated which potentially is impacting air safety. And even this accident – two Canadians killed and numerous injured.
Again, horrible anytime there is an accident of this type (I also think of the plane that ended up upside down after landing in Toronto a year ago) but I find it fascinating how people do risk assessment.
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I’m so happy the good and stable minds in the US saw fit to DOGE and anti-DEI their country into a state of pure Freedom™️.
Surely, they’re Great Again, yeah?
Absolute fucking disgrace and embarrassment of a country.
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A lot of people will make this all about human error. It’s important for the rest of us to realize that human error was caused by systematic issues. The systematic issues have only increased because of the current American conservative government
100% the fault of the system the USA has fostered under their current idiotic, disgusting regime.
In what world do you make a mistake like this?
I feel bad for the controller. Obviously we don’t know enough about the sequence of events but it’s very likely that while he was at fault, he was put into this position by the system (Trump administration). They have been very open about how they have been reducing staff levels at the FAA. I can only imagine that poor controller trying to do the job of 2 or 3 people and this happens.
Between this and the ICE agents at security, I won’t be travelling or even transferring in the USA again as long as I can avoid it.
Why are we sending Canadian workers into dangerous conditions. This isn’t the first and won’t be the last aviation disaster caused by the current administration.
I don’t blame the controller. These guys are stretched to the limit. I blame Trump and Musk directly. In a normal world, they would be held directly responsible. It just gives Canadians, and any other traveller, yet ANOTHER reason to not visit the US. What a sad mess.
Yup, after so many cutbacks and govt fights with air traffic controllers, this type of accident is gonna happen. Flying to the USA isn’t safe anymore – remember that if you go there.
Ottawa should summon Ambassador Hoekstra and give him an earful over the negligence of the DOT and FAA in oversight and how it is putting Canadian lives at risk. The Trump administration is just as culpable in this as Iran was in shooting down that Ukranian airliner full of Canadians a few years ago, and they should be treated similarly.
This is horrible but as someone who recently traveled to Mexico, I can’t help but wonder if people will have a similar reaction to what happened after the cartel unrest in Puerto Vallarta?
We had people reaching out to see if we were safe (we were in Cancun), advising us to never travel to Mexico again, family members cancelling their pending vacations to Mexico even though things were basically back to normal in PV after a couple days. No Canadians killed or injured.
Meanwhile, Canadians are increasigly going back to the US even though there are similar dangers if not worse. Not blaming the air traffic controller but it was well-publicized that the US cut many positions in air traffic control through their DOGE process. They currently have unpaid TSA agents calling out sick or showing up at work frustrated which potentially is impacting air safety. And even this accident – two Canadians killed and numerous injured.
Again, horrible anytime there is an accident of this type (I also think of the plane that ended up upside down after landing in Toronto a year ago) but I find it fascinating how people do risk assessment.