• @chakan2@lemmy.world
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    -910 months ago

    Uh…really? We’ve got planes running into each other while on the runways. I wouldn’t run around excited about his tenure in transportation.

    • @wahming
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      1010 months ago

      How is the Minister of Transport responsible for cockups on runways?

      • @chakan2@lemmy.world
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        010 months ago

        It’s kind of his job to put regulations in place to prevent that. Weird it became kind of an epidemic on his watch.

        • @wahming
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          110 months ago

          In what world is the Minister taking care of low level things like that? That’s like blaming the commander in chief because a squad got deployed to the wrong camp.

    • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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      210 months ago

      So your issue with him is ground traffic at airports?

      Good news, they are working to solve that issue where the previous Transportation Secratary ignored the issue.

      “We’re trying to take a bigger look and do some deeper analysis to see what’s going on,” Buttigieg told USA TODAY. “It’s enough that I’m concerned.”

      Buttigieg noted that there have been a variety of causes, such as pilot error and controller training.

      “That suggests that there’s something happening more broadly, perhaps something related to the increase in activity and demand that took place very quickly after the sudden slowdown around COVID.”

      Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen, however, told reporters following a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday that it was not clear if runway incursion incidents were on the rise.

      “It’s a good question,” he said, reports CNN. “We’ll take a look at these near misses and see if there are lessons to be learned.”