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He gutted FAA and we got plane crashes. Today I'm hearing nuclear oversight folks are being gutted. Time to prepare for one I guess.

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I disagree with many of the current cuts, but other administrations did the work that got us the plane crashes.

https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-fa...

> He gutted FAA and we got plane crashes

I do believe Trump's attacks on our regulatory agencies are going to kill people...

But it does seem implausible that firing the FAA director, an advisory committee, and a ATC hiring freeze could result in a crash 9 days later.

I agree, and I don't love the facile takes. It's future crashes that could result from fewer resources to investigate and analyze these events.

It’s possible that a major shakeup adjacent to one’s org and uncertainty about the future could affect sleep and concentration. So while it may not be directly causal, it may not entirely be a coincidence either.

This is true. I had a hard time concentrating on my PhD research during the 45 presidency.

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