Biden to Blame for Flight Shutdown

Truth Social ^ | 11/15/2026 | Donald Trump

[Miami Rebel]

The Biden Administration was an FAA disaster. Everything they touched turned bad. Big money spent unwisely, making an old and broken system worse than when they began. We have the knowledge and plan for the Flight Control Systems, we need Congress to give the money, FAST! Our FAA is doing a great job, and is ready to go. President DJT

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: faa; gimmemoney

[Miami Rebel]

My niece left the Transportation Department in January after working there a dozen years. The only secretary she thought highly of was Chao.

[napscoordinator]

Yeah. We’ve had problems with the FAA for two years (aircraft running into each other) and not a darn thing was done.

[ryderann]

Did the big guy get his 10% of the FAA funding?

[Bonemaker]

[PROCON]

Then why didn’t your administration fix the problems, hmmmm Mr. President?

[Brian Griffin]

Some simple rules of the sky, a watch on every pilot’s hand, some servers, connections to radars, and some software is all it takes to put an air traffic controller in every cockpit.

To prevent collision, outside of takeoff/landing cones, waiting cones, abort cones, and transition space, aircraft might be required to fly due north at 7,840 meters, 8,920 meters feet, 10,000 meters etc., changing direction clockwise (or counterclockwise) by one degree for each three meters of height up (or down).

Planes flying in opposite directions would have 1,080 meters of altitude difference by rule.

what is ADS-B? Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast uses the aircraft’s GPS position information and provides it to the mode S transponder allowing ATC to track the aircraft more accurately than radar does.

As of January 1, 2020, all aircraft operating within most US airspace are required to transmit certain information using ADS−B OUT avionics.

Briefly, ADS-B OUT transmits information from the aircraft to ground stations or satellites whereas as ADS-B IN avionics receives information from ground stations or satellite based systems.

The ADS-B required airspace in the US includes everywhere Mode C is required AND:

Class A, B and C airspace, Class E at or above 10,000’ MSL (but not below 2,500’ AGL).
Within 30nm of Class B (Mode C veil).
Above the ceiling and within lateral boundaries of Class B and C up to 10,000’.
Class E over Gulf of Mexico, at and above 3000’ MSL within 12 nm of US coast. The non-contiguous US is also included: Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and Alaska.

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[smokingfrog]

Booty Gig was too busy breast feeding his baby.

[smokingfrog]

They were still using paper flight progress strips only about a year ago.

September 15, 2025

For decades, air traffic controllers have used paper flight strips to keep track of flights. Upgrading to electronic flight strips is a significant change with substantial benefits.

EFS will allow for real-time data updates, streamlining the entire flight-plan process, and enabling data sharing with stakeholders for collaborative decision making around surface movement. It also makes it easier for controllers to handle fluctuations in traffic volume, changing weather, and all the myriad of situations that affect surface traffic control decisions every minute of every day. For example, EFS will automate memory aids to inform a controller of situations on the field such as closed runways.

[Vermont Lt]

Trump has been there long enough that he can stop blaming everyone else for his problems.

[Brian Griffin]

There are 50 billion reasons to suspect that change will be slow.

[proust]

Biden forced Duffy to update a crucial system on a Friday at 3pm.

[Kleon]

Then why didn’t your administration fix the problems, hmmmm Mr. President?

Because Congress hasn't approved the funding. Get on it!

[Round Earther]

President Trump has only been in office for two years. Biden was in office for four years.

[spintreebob]

To Biden, the FAA was a public works project to give a paycheck to people who needed a paycheck and the appearance of a job.

[spintreebob]

“Congress hasn’t approved the funding”

Congress in the BBB approved funding for certain specific parts of the FAA...but not for this part that needed it.

In other situations, the money “earmarked” for one purpose has been used for another purpose... always said to be illegal by the party out of power.

This time, the FAA obeyed the congressional bill.

[Kleon]

Trump has been president for six of the last ten years.

[Vermont Lt]

I understand that this has been a problem for a long, long time.

But one of the things leaders do is identify the priorities and make sure everyone knows about them.

What executives do ( in government and out) is skimp on maintenance a routine “upgrades.” This is because they are accounted for differently.

When I was an “executive” we had to develop a 1-3-7-10 year asset plan. This includes maintenance, repairs, and long term capital expenditures. In the CATV business this meant tens of millions in plant replacement every year. It meant planning for new technology. It meant making sure that roofs were maintained so they did not have to be replaced.

But budgeting is difficult for idiots like Congressmen and the political elites who prepare these budgets.

And budgets are impossible for the public to understand. They see a dollar laying somewhere and they want to buy something shiny. Spending it on rubber grommets over connectors is boring.

[drypowder]

“Big money spent unwisely”
Here’s a clue, the money wasn’t spent, it was stolen by the Democrats and the Biden/Obozo crime syndicates.