Elon Musk's DOGE Tried to Fire Air Traffic Controllers: Report

[jaydawg08]

Elon Musk DOGE tried to fire air traffic controllers: Report

The exchange reportedly occurred when Trump called his cabinet into the Oval Office to clarify the scope of Musk's authority.

www.newsweek.com

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was accused by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy of attempting to fire air traffic controllers despite the series of recent plane crashes, according to The New York Times.

According to reporting by The Times' Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who interviewed five people with knowledge of the events, during a heated exchange over the state of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Musk and Duffy clashed over proposed changes to air traffic control staffing.

Musk, backed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, discussed the need for updates to the FAA's tracking equipment, but tensions rose when Duffy accused Musk's team of trying to lay off air traffic controllers despite ongoing plane crashes and flight-safety concerns.

Musk, according to The Times, denied the claim, calling it a "lie," while Duffy insisted he had heard it directly from Musk's staff. When Musk demanded names of those supposedly fired, Duffy clarified that no one had been dismissed because he had personally prevented the layoffs.

The confrontation escalated when Musk reportedly suggested that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hires were in control towers, though he did not provide details when challenged by Duffy.

"What am I supposed to do?" Duffy asked. "I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?"

At another point, Musk suggested that air traffic controllers hired through DEI programs were responsible for inefficiencies in control towers, though when pressed, he failed to provide specific examples.

The exchange ended when Trump once again stepped in, offering his own solution. "Hire geniuses from M.I.T.," he instructed Duffy. "These air traffic controllers need to be the best."

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

 

[Robbie3000]

We are very lucky that these a$$holes are cartoon villains.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

We are very lucky that these a$$holes are cartoon villains.

They're not cartoon villains. They're just slightly more stupid than they are evil. Cartoon villains actually seem to have plans that make sense.

Their plan boils down to "make everything as awful as possible so people rise up and we declare a state of emergency and stay in power forever. Because we're rich we can pay the army very well to be our attack dogs"

 

[Gloxina]

Maybe Duffy is the only one there with some common sense

 

[ajnapoleon]

We are very lucky that these a$$holes are cartoon villains.

While we believe any random new civil case that’s diddy has


Oh in 2001 he looked at me with a cabbage in his hand with a hole in it


I need money for my mental health


Random black person on the shade room”


“I believe her!!! ”



But this right here with this administration going on not getting 1/4 of the think pieces

 

[Roger king]

But kamala was indian tho, who gives a damn about flight safety and public welfare, she cooks her collard greens differently thus she is barred from contention by sane voters.

 

[IIVI]

Some rumors of people getting pissed:

 

[IIVI]

Hiring geniuses from Caltech, M.I.T, etc. to do Air Traffic Control is a waste.

Those guys need to be in a lab making breakthroughs, for example better Air Traffic Control tech. There’s no point priming them to be innovators with crazy knowledge if you give them basic desk work (albeit high pressure). It’s like sending them to do finance.

Let qualified people who ace the exams work Air Traffic Control, you don’t need STEM majors for that. They’re different skill sets.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Some rumors of people getting pissed:

Tf is the point in hiring people to be over these departments only to have DOGE fire folks?

 

[Recca Gatsby]

I'm just glad to hear they are actually giving some push back. You can tell the Republicans are held hostage by Trump's love for Musk

 

[WTFisWallace?]

I'm just glad to hear they are actually giving some push back. You can tell the Republicans are held hostage by Trump's love for Musk

In Duffy's case, he's literally saying the 60 people dying in that crash is the only reason why he had Elon hold off.

Like it's purely a timing thing for him....."lotta bad PR, now's not the time"


fukk safety, fukk common sense, etc......................... but bad publicity?

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

As I said, the government is opening itself to a ton of lawsuits.

 

[CopiousX]

Delete

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Where is james bond or perry the platypus when you need them?

The Coli is tripping. I didn't write what you quoted.