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The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Duffy
« on: May 07, 2025, 05:52:43 am »
The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Duffy

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy discusses a 2024 Government Accountability Office report about the FAA's air traffic control systems on 'The Evening Edit.'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-biden-admin-didn-t-spend-anything-on-air-traffic-control-says-transportation-secretary-duffy/vi-AA1EhFQX?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=52a30cc70b6c4977bb8ac61efe8ae605&ei=42
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2025, 05:54:29 am »
They spent money on air traffic control, well kind of.  They spent money on DEI. *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2025, 08:47:25 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on May 07, 2025, 05:54:29 am
They spent money on air traffic control, well kind of.  They spent money on DEI. *****rollingeyes*****
Which resulted in more accidents and fatalities.
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2025, 08:56:14 am »
All air traffic control across the US still uses copper wires, radar systems from the late 80s-early 90s, floppy 8" disks for its antiquated computers, 92% of the FAA budget goes to maintain these systems. There was an incident when radars failed and the Tower could no longer 'see' the planes.

It would take years to modernize the entire system, plus dedicated and allocated Congressional funds.
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2025, 10:40:57 am »
8" floppy disks?  Whoa, that is old.  Does anyone even make those any more?  Where do you buy floppy disks now that Radio Shack is closed?

The last time I saw one of those was in the late 1980s/early 1990s for use in an Attachmate Word Processing Computer. 
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2025, 12:51:12 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on May 07, 2025, 10:40:57 am
8" floppy disks?  Whoa, that is old.  Does anyone even make those any more?  Where do you buy floppy disks now that Radio Shack is closed?

The last time I saw one of those was in the late 1980s/early 1990s for use in an Attachmate Word Processing Computer.

Maybe they bought box car loads at fire sale prices ... marked up 1000% for government consumption, of course.
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2025, 02:12:28 pm »
Instead they spent their time focused on changing the name of “cockpit” to “flight deck.”

https://twitter.com/SecDuffy/status/1919841604375879786
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2025, 02:33:36 pm »
Quote from: BobfromWB on May 07, 2025, 12:51:12 pm
Maybe they bought box car loads at fire sale prices ... marked up 1000% for government consumption, of course.

So I guess you like that photo that I took?  No filter or enhancement, just the way that God made it.
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2025, 06:18:48 pm »
ranger wrote:
"They spent money on air traffic control, well kind of.  They spent money on DEI."

...Instead of spending it to hire all those white male applications (who never got hired because they were white and male).

Could that be why there are numerous "vacancies" in ATC positions right now...
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Re: The Biden admin 'didn't spend anything' on air traffic control, says Transportation Secretary Du
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2025, 02:28:47 pm »
Quote from: LadyLiberty on May 07, 2025, 02:33:36 pm
So I guess you like that photo that I took?  No filter or enhancement, just the way that God made it.

That's yours? Yes thanks it fits my retirement plan
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