A goal in Project 2025 is to return airport security back to airports and airlines. TSA could still exist as an oversight body, but the actual day to day employees and operations would be up to airports and air carriers. To do that, they have to break the TSA first.

It's not just United Airlines. The FAA is critically understaffed and lacks resources to properly oversee just about everything. They've lost too many experienced inspectors and institutional knowledge in CMOs, FSDOs and policy branches to conduct safety assurance. gizmodo.com/watchdog-say...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

If the public only knew how much chaos. It literally causes everything to grind to a halt. Training, inspections, certifications, policy and rule changes, meetings, all of it paused or cancelled. It takes months for offices to recover. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

So, if the retired airline pilot had a trained and qualified SIC (as his type rating required), Greg Biffle and family would probably still be alive? Gosh, following the rules might be a good idea after all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZS-...

US aviation safety continues to devolve. abcnews.go.com/US/plane-cra...

“The FAA’s decision is particularly difficult to justify in view of the imminent risk of loss of life from a similar accident, the minimal effort required to accomplish the Service Bulletins..." Minimal? Not when your support staff gets fired and your inspectors quit. apnews.com/article/lear...

One of the goals in Project 2025 is to separate ATC from the FAA and either contract it out, or make it a stand alone entity not affected by the budget process. FAA would still provide an oversight role of the new entity. The FSS was contracted out in 2005. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/08/a...

My first fatal accident at the NTSB, a Cessna 310-F in Carmel Valley California. It was quite a hike to get up into that canyon.

The collapse of the US economy will "fix" the pilot shortage issue for a while. People won't be flying when they live on the street and can't afford food. www.dw.com/en/pilot-cri...

I was one of "them" for 23 years. I've seen some things...

Unscheduled airshow over my house today. A USMC C-130 Black Tail was in the pattern for a few hours.

My favorite King Air was the F-90. It's the sports car of King Airs, basically a short 200. I flew this one quite a few times.

507 nuclear bombs have been detonated in the atmosphere as part of nuclear weapons testing between 1945 and 1996. Many involved flying aircraft around, over and through the detonations to test survivability. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfp...

“It really hurts my heart to see really dedicated and professional people who've given their entire life to public service just walk away and walk away in a way that isn't reflective of their long service.” Yeah, it really hurts aviation safety too. Oh well... www.govexec.com/management/2...

The FAA isn't all Air Traffic Control. The ATO is a part of the FAA. Aviation Safety (AVS) which has offices such as AFS (Flight Standards) and its FSDOs and CMOs are not part of ATO, and haven't finished the last 2 "restructurings". This won't help. theaircurrent.com/regulation/f...

I logged a lot of hours in this airplane. Can you spot the problem with the vertical stabilizer? It always reminded me that this was indeed a government organization 😂

What a novel idea? Why has no one thought of this before? 🙄 www.jalopnik.com/1921504/faa-...

It's partly an airspace problem. They were in Class E. It's the wild, wild west. Anyone can be in there VFR without talking to ATC. The Hawkers are based out of Pt. Mugu NAS. Were they talking to ATC? If so, it's a SNAFU. If not, just another normal day in Class E. abcnews.go.com/US/southwest...

The struggle will get much worse since most of the FAA's corporate knowledge has left with those who've resigned or retired. They'll never get it back. theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

Far more than 1200 are leaving. Many of them are highly experienced inspectors. On top of that, recruitment has fallen off a cliff. No one wants to work for the government anymore. aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...

While "flying cars" are a fun idea, I really don't think they're practical. I would have a hard time taking it on public roads knowing any damage, no matter how small, would likely make it unairworthy. I'd rather have an affordable airplane and rent a car. generalaviationnews.com/2025/07/11/p...

The guy Trump nominates to head the FAA lies about his pilot certificates. What a surprise! www.politico.com/news/2025/06...