Trump begins firings of FAA ATC staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

Discussion (72 points, 17 hours ago, 48 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43074281

Related:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers (346 points, 13 days ago, 645 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42933840

Don't worry, SpaceX will fix things:

* https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control...

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43082635

What's next? The chronically, critically understaffed NTSB?

Wasn't the FAA outsourcing their regulatory responsibility to Beoing, effectively letting the foxes guard the hen house, pointed to as a major contributing factor with the Boeing situation?

What's the strategy here to improve, or even maintain, aviation safety while making these cuts?