Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs
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Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.

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.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    This was the Nazi playbook in the 1930s … cause widespread chaos and disruption throughout the country. Everything breaks down and becomes lawless and disorganized, so government is forced to step in and impose a heavy handed authoritarian control of everything to save the nation.

    They set the fire, blame someone (anyone), then put out the fire themselves and push the message that they saved everyone from the fire. Blast the message over and over again and drown out any dissent or opposition and gain complete control of everything.

    Then every professional, logical thinking individual, academic, politician, highly trained person in the land turns a blind eye and writes a book about it all 50 years from now with criticisms as to how everyone could be so deluded as to fall for the trap a second time.