Elon Musk takes to X to beg retired air traffic controllers to return to work: ‘There is a shortage’
Elon Musk takes to X to beg retired air traffic controllers to return to work: ‘There is a shortage’
Elon Musk on Thursday called on retired air traffic controllers to come back to work while citing a supposed shortage of employees at the position.
Summary
Elon Musk called on retired air traffic controllers to return to work, citing a shortage amid heightened scrutiny of the FAA under Trump's second term.
With DOT Secretary Sean Duffy's support, Musk's DOGE attempts to "upgrade" aviation systems despite recent FAA job cuts.
The AP reports fired employees included radar and navigational aid maintenance personnel, though Duffy insisted no "critical safety personnel" were terminated.
Musk's appeal comes amid increased public concern over recent aviation incidents, though experts consider the uptick an anomaly.
lol bet he just found out that his private jet also has to wait in line.
You mean that people who work in one of the highest-stress jobs in the world might not want the added stress of being potentially shitcanned at any second by this apartheid manchild?
Moron with history of fucking shit up fucks shit up. No one stops him. Some applaud. Start the wood chipper.
I was told there was no such thing as a shortage in a free market, why won't the executive branch embrace free market economics?
What happened to “AI will do it”?
This is so easy to fix. Just ask the remaining ATCs to put in 30 more hours per week. If there is a safety law which needs to be amended to make this happen, just amend it. Remove all the rules and safeguards. We should do it like the Tesla factories.
Look. More air accidents will happen. People should be ready to sacrifice themselves. It's that easy.
So easy to fix.
PS: /s for some of you who may need it..
its not possible since they are forced to retire by law at 56 anyways, and they already proven that with studies that past a certain age you cant maintain the same cognitive abilities like in your 20s-40s.
"I clear cut the forest and now there is a shortage of trees. Woe is me."
Ummm, didn't he fire them? Also, how many air traffic controllers does he think are using his xitty platform?
doesn't this guy musk like run a lasertag emporium or shit
"There is a shortage"
ah damn i love that language. reminds me of the boss that abused my mother back when she was still in employment. "there is a shortage, you need to come over on your day off, otherwise we can't handle the workload". how about employing more people? no? maybe because you can't find another fool who will do the work with these bad working conditions?
The shortage is his own damn fault. I wouldn’t want to work any government job right now.
Fucking clown show
As much as I loathe the twat, this issue predates him. Now, after what he's done to the FAA, good luck convincing them to come back. A very stressful, understaffed job... Sure they'll want to get out of retirement...
US law mandates retirement at 56 for Air Traffic Controllers due to the high stress and fast-paced multi-tasking nature of the job
It's considered one of the most mentally challenging jobs there are.
Elon is afraid that he will cause a disaster equal to or worse than the one in Tenerife
He is easily the worst person there is to ask for it.
Hyper capitalists love to talk about incentives in a free market... how about you fucking pony up the incentives you thin-lipped small dick bastard
I wouldn’t even think of flying down to the US for this very reason - I wouldn’t feel safe.
"No OnE wAnTs To WoRk AnYmOrE" - guy firing a bunch of people without cause.
Yeah I'm sure they're just RARING to work for the most publicly toxic boss (that isn't even a boss) in the world...
Musk’s appeal comes amid increased public concern over recent aviation incidents, though experts consider the uptick an anomaly.
Anomalies for now. These aviation incidents will become the new normal after gutting the department that is charge of preventing aviation incidents from happening.
But hey, Musky Boy got to play a chainsaw. So that's a plus?
What a joke…
Don't worry, Real World Boston cast member Sean Duffy is on the case.
"Look, it's nobody's fault, and we don't know how this happened, but for unforeseeable reasons we have a shortage."
Narrator: It was forseen, they do know how it happened, and it was his fault.
Most of them retire at or near the age they're legally required to retire, they cannot come back. He's either trying to ask for the people he fired to come back without looking like the moron most people see him for or too dumb to realize even that.
[Insert GFY meme]
Amusing that his Twitter avatar looks like a black hole, considering that's where his abject incompetence is sucking the national infrastructure (and all of us) into.
On this latest debacle: Great idea Musk! Fire a bunch of people from an already stressed-out agency, then watch as a string of accidents happen, and then publication beg for retired controllers to come back.
Pushing tin is an incredibly stressful and intense job. Those who retired are probably a) no longer capable of dealing with that stress, and/or b) don't want to deal with it and deserve a well-earned retirement.
But hey, maybe with all the bullshit stripping away of social security, Medicare, etc etc, they will be forced to come out of retirement to help. I'm sure that's not a recipe for disaster!
For fuck's sake, we live in the stupidest timeline, I swear. And we can't even fully enjoy Musk ruining his ill-deserved legacy and humiliating himself, because all of us are the collateral damage.
Ah the move fast and break things doesn't work? I'm shocked, shocked!
No no, just replace all air traffic controllers with AI without even testing it first. I really want the world to see how badly Musk is NOT a genius but an idiot who stumbled his way into a position that makes him ungodly amounts of undeserved money.
Bloody hell!
RESIST!
Contract negotiation time!
where 'heightened scrutiny' means they fired everyone they don't like or that doesn't like them.
The article skips over FAA’s systemic failures; Musk’s tweet isn’t the full story.
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