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12. Fly the terror skies of America without adequate ATC personnel? No way! I'm driving everywhere or simply foregoing

Reply to yellow dahlia (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:44 PM

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Fly the terror skies of America without adequate ATC personnel? No way! I bit my lip a couple times this year already and after seeing news of near misses that shouldn't have happened if we had a working full manned ATC system, I'm very hesitant to fly again.

It gives me chills to think of the gamble people take with their lives with DOGE's scaled back roll-the-dice system.

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