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But certainly, for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that’s psychologically superior. And that’s what we’re going to have,
We wait for the absolute truth of the matter. It is with great and righteous indignation that I recognize the comments and actions of one individual in particular, who did not attempt whatsoever to wait for those facts,
He will continue with the vilification and demonization, he will continue with this madness, until our republic is as White and as male as this administration can bend and break the law to make it."
Our republic’s president, Donald Trump, chose to address a nation in mourning with only fiction and White supremacist ideologies,
Clarke said during a Friday press conference in Brooklyn, New York This is a difficult day for all of us at American Airlines, and our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of our passengers, crew members, partners, first responders, along with their families and loved ones. We understand and appreciate the people are eager for information, please know that we will continue to share accurate and timely information as soon as we can, but anything we must report, must be accurate."
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said in a video statement Under the Biden administration, the FAA and other government agencies had absolutely insane hiring practices that endangered the public. President @realDonaldTrump and his team are working rapidly to restore competent personnel to all positions involving your safety."
On Thursday, Musk wrote on X FAA investigators are supporting the NTSB-led investigation of Wednesday night's midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport. The NTSB is leading the investigation and will provide all updates. We cannot comment on any aspect of open investigations. The FAA will quickly take any actions necessary based on evidence from the investigation."
The FAA said in a statement This shocking event follows problematic and likely illegal decisions during the Obama and Biden Administrations that minimized merit and competence in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)."
In a White House memo issued on Thursday, Trump again blamed the previous Democratic administrations for the crash, writing On the face of it, some extraordinary remarks from President Trump
He began by asking Schlichter about Mr Trump's comments, saying First of all they're not disgraceful, we're finally getting somebody out there who breaks the silence of the establishment and tells the truth
I love it, I am unreservedly happy that we finally have somebody out there calling it as he sees it
Well exactly, so why, how can you sit there and blithely support these disgraceful remarks?
When Schlichter admitted 'there's none at the moment', Dale replied If you send me over, oh I don't know another Margaret Thatcher, I'll be thrilled
Schlichter then carried on, adding Alright, alright, Chris, can you get this numbskull off our programme please
But a furious Dale spoke to a producer on air and asked them to end the call, saying Every previous president in reacting to such events, such tragedies, has always begun with sympathy including the only president who could have been blamed for an accidental plane crash and wasn’t,
he declared before playing a 1982 clip of Reagan remarking on Lenny Skutnik, a bystander to the Air Florida crash Lenny Skutnik was the worst thing you can be in Donald Trump’s Washington,
said O’Donnell of the federal worker who became “an American hero” and served the government for decades before his retirement in 2010. There’s nothing about Lenny Skutnik — not his humility, not his heroism, nothing about him that Donald Trump could ever understand.”
O’Donnell weighed in on Skutnik’s quote I separate it into two parts,
It is the first time in history that a president in the United States has assigned blame for an aviation accident on his own, immediately, based entirely on his own profoundly, ignorant, prejudiced guess,
said O’Donnell of Trump, who blamed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for the midair collision We do not know what led to this crash, but we have strong opinions and ideas."
In doing so, the current president apportioned most of the responsibility to the policies of former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden despite conceding
