- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Summary
The Trump administration emailed air traffic controllers urging them to quit and accept buyouts 24 hours after a fatal Reagan plane crash.
At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, the email urged federal employees to pursue private-sector jobs, offering pay incentives and vacation benefits while on government payroll.
This program contradicts established rules by allowing second employment, sparking union concerns about losing experienced personnel amid an air traffic controller shortage.
Trump blamed previous administrations for safety issues and misrepresented FAA standards, intensifying culture wars as officials remain uncertain about the buyout program’s future.
Because Trump drinks his own kool aid. He really, actually thinks these controllers are useless because of DEI, and he trusts fox over his own presidential information feed.
This is a peculiar thing to me. Many autocratic regimes are seem more self aware.