Air travel under DOGE
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In turns out putting a C-tier reality TV personality and some white nationalist incels in charge of the federal aviation system may not have been a good idea:
The mounting air traffic control problems at Newark Liberty International Airport caused aviation officials to implement a ground stop for flights on Sunday morning, the third such incident in the past two weeks.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Sunday that there was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control center known as TRACON, which manages air traffic control in the airspace surrounding the Newark airport.
FAA advisories show the ground stop lasted for about 45 minutes, according to a CNN report.
The report comes after 90-second-long radar and radio outages on Friday and on April 28.
The airport’s Aging technology failed on April 28, creating a terrifying communications blackout between controllers and pilots.
The blackout put one of the country’s busiest airports into a tailspin, with hundreds of flights canceled and delayed each day, leaving thousands of passengers stranded before yet another blackout happened Friday.
Some truly amazing coincidences here. But I for one am very reassured that the people in charge are on top of it:
It’s amazing how this 25-year-old system was working fine *right* up to the point where DOGE started fucking with it, and then it suddenly broke. They’re like arsonists who set fires so just they can rush in and save people
[image or embed]— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) May 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM