What do you think is happening with all the plane crashes in America lately?

[TsundereMatrix]

First there was that crash in Washington DC that collided with a helicopter that killed everyone on board, then another in Pennsylvania, one in Alaska, there’s another one I can’t remember where it happened and today a Delta plane just crashed in Toronto. It’s like there’s a plane crash at least once every week.

I’m from Canada, currently on vacation in Hawaii and I’m leaving for home tonight. Even though I’m taking a Canadian airline, hearing about all these crashes is making me nervous! Something is not right with aviation in America at the moment. What do you think is happening?

[exitseven]

From what I can gather part of the problem is short staffing in the control towers. The hiring practices at the FAA is putting DEI before safety. They are short over 2000 air traffic controllers. There is also a class action suit filed by 3000 white men that were qualified to be Air Traffic Controllers but did not get hired. There was a recruitment video where the head of the FAA basically said that they were trying to hire minorities. There was a new head of the FAA appointed in Feb 2023. He was aware of the staffing shortage. Nothing was done about it. I do not know if it was because of lack of leadership or it was some other reason but this was a known problem for at least a year.

[sawno]

Hard to say, there's been so many things in the past years.
The recent one in the US I recall was operated with essential safety features turned off and I recall it was also a student operating the thing. This new one in Toronto I didn't read up on but it can also just be more reporting than it used to be.

Boeing had technical issues last year which led to some. There were suspicions of the corona vaccine effecting pilots in the corona era. There's suspicion of DEI efforts lowering the quality of the pilots, etc.

But to me it still seems most likely its just increased reporting, these things happen but considering the many flights a day across the world luckily not that often.

[Anonymous]

Trump is trying to save money for tax cuts for himself and his fellow billionaires. So a few plane crashes a month are the price for that apprently when we fire already understaffed government agencies.

[Anonymous]

Must be trump, it's always the president - or that's the case for other presidents, this is probably blamed on the salt levels in the ocean near the south African coast.

[AI Opinion]

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[Anonymous]

It's the racist Trumpets fans.

This why we needed a woman running the country. Science has confirmed woman are much more mature than men.

If Kamala were president none of this would have happened. At all. What America needed the most if a. woman for president!

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

We have no official FAA director. The last one left on his own bc he suspected Trump would fire him.

[Anonymous]

Probably the gutted agencies we now have. Thank God you are leaving before Musk and his team begin to fuck with the FAA

[HungTexan]

Pure coincidence.

[Dargil]

DEI (DIE) hires.

[TonyMetal___86]

You will live don't worry 😌

[TsundereMatrix]

I’m sure of it. I just have flying anxiety

[TonyMetal___86]

We all do, we might have an accident anywhere and everywhere, just pray and relax, i hope that you arrive home safe and happy 😊