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"Now is not the time to put corporate profits ahead of the lives of our constituents who may want to board a commercial flight in the future," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, adding that supporters of the FAA reauthorization bill would have "blood on your hands."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Industry articles note that US airlines are employing DEI guidelines to pilot procurement requirements, which have caused notable uptick in “near-miss” episodes throughout US due to less experienced and/or less competent pilots hired on primary virtue of their POC status.
Wirepoints, worth posting for your readership some related articles.
Gee, Sen. Duckworth. If 1500 hours is good for safety, then 2500 hours would be better, right? This 1500 hour requirement is a perfect example of congress having to “do something!!!” in response to a very rare event. The head of one major airline training group said in an interview that it took them way more time to train out bad habits learned in 1500 hours of boring holes in the sky than it did to properly train a 250 hour commercial pilot. I believe this is correct. Of course the pilot u ion is all for this: tight labor… Read more »
Once Again, Low Information Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth Has No Idea What The F*ck She Is Talking About — This Time On Airline Pilot Safety