cactus hugging lady terminator
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Air traffic controller, cat lady (she/her/that bitch), hockey fan (#GoAvsGo), weather geek, reader, writer. Missing my dad. Colorado isn't bad, but I'd rather be in Las Vegas...or on a cold-weather cruise.
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Air traffic controllers: we're the butt of "government employee" jokes, and a default (though often incorrect) explanation for any random flight delays.
But now the general public thinks we're obligated to be their heroes, through illegal work actions. Man, I'm just trying to make it to retirement!
But now the general public thinks we're obligated to be their heroes, through illegal work actions. Man, I'm just trying to make it to retirement!
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
In case you were wondering, business aviation is getting the business too, as it were: nbaa.org/2025-press-r...
NBAA Responds to New Restrictions Affecting Business Aviation Operations
NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen issued the following statement in response to additional restrictions on general aviation operations at 12 of the nation’s busiest airports, planned for implementation ...
nbaa.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In case you were wondering, business aviation is getting the business too, as it were: nbaa.org/2025-press-r...
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I think people haven't really thought through what a collapsed air traffic control system would actually mean. It's not just holiday travel!
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I think people haven't really thought through what a collapsed air traffic control system would actually mean. It's not just holiday travel!
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Opening the government with nothing in return could have been done 40 days ago. People suffered for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Opening the government with nothing in return could have been done 40 days ago. People suffered for nothing.
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some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
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Shapiro, rebuffing Vance about SNAP: "(JD Vance) claims to be a person of faith. I know my Bible, and my Bible teaches us that we are to love thy neighbor and we are to feed the hungry. Deuteronomy says, If you see a person who is in need, you don't give them a clenched fist. You open up your hand."
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shapiro, rebuffing Vance about SNAP: "(JD Vance) claims to be a person of faith. I know my Bible, and my Bible teaches us that we are to love thy neighbor and we are to feed the hungry. Deuteronomy says, If you see a person who is in need, you don't give them a clenched fist. You open up your hand."
I see everyone's having a very normal Friday. Carry on.
The latest FAA operations plan comes into effect at the top of the hour.
“SEVERAL MORE STAFFING TRIGGERS HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE THE LAST PLAN.”
“SEVERAL MORE STAFFING TRIGGERS HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE THE LAST PLAN.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I see everyone's having a very normal Friday. Carry on.
For those of you just joining this party, I have not been paid for any of the work I've done since October 3rd. You're welcome. #airtrafficcontrol
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For those of you just joining this party, I have not been paid for any of the work I've done since October 3rd. You're welcome. #airtrafficcontrol
I posted this as a reply elsewhere, but I'll say it again:
We air traffic controllers are not okay. The delay you call unnecessary may have been the delay that prevented one or more of us from working an unsafe level of traffic...
We air traffic controllers are not okay. The delay you call unnecessary may have been the delay that prevented one or more of us from working an unsafe level of traffic...
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I posted this as a reply elsewhere, but I'll say it again:
We air traffic controllers are not okay. The delay you call unnecessary may have been the delay that prevented one or more of us from working an unsafe level of traffic...
We air traffic controllers are not okay. The delay you call unnecessary may have been the delay that prevented one or more of us from working an unsafe level of traffic...
Awesome! Delay everything. I'm rather looking forward to a Friday that isn't stupidly busy...that sounds great 😇
You expect us to be perfect, all the time, six days a week, unpaid, for how long, exactly? Continue to play stupid games, you're going to win some stupid prizes. #airtrafficcontrol
You expect us to be perfect, all the time, six days a week, unpaid, for how long, exactly? Continue to play stupid games, you're going to win some stupid prizes. #airtrafficcontrol
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will reduce scheduled airspace capacity by 10% starting Friday morning if the government shutdown has not ended, citing "growing pressure" in the NAS as controllers and other personnel continue to go unpaid. Developing story.
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Awesome! Delay everything. I'm rather looking forward to a Friday that isn't stupidly busy...that sounds great 😇
You expect us to be perfect, all the time, six days a week, unpaid, for how long, exactly? Continue to play stupid games, you're going to win some stupid prizes. #airtrafficcontrol
You expect us to be perfect, all the time, six days a week, unpaid, for how long, exactly? Continue to play stupid games, you're going to win some stupid prizes. #airtrafficcontrol
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BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will reduce scheduled airspace capacity by 10% starting Friday morning if the government shutdown has not ended, citing "growing pressure" in the NAS as controllers and other personnel continue to go unpaid. Developing story.
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will reduce scheduled airspace capacity by 10% starting Friday morning if the government shutdown has not ended, citing "growing pressure" in the NAS as controllers and other personnel continue to go unpaid. Developing story.
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That fineness really don’t sat down in you until your fourth decade
Once that fourth decade hit???? And you understand the product
Once that fourth decade hit???? And you understand the product
a man is screaming with the words " unlimited power " behind him
ALT: a man is screaming with the words " unlimited power " behind him
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That fineness really don’t sat down in you until your fourth decade
Once that fourth decade hit???? And you understand the product
Once that fourth decade hit???? And you understand the product
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1. We wait for the NTSB.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1. We wait for the NTSB.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
A good read from Colleen, here.
We need to talk about ATC.
(Also, I can not believe I have a typo with "county" for "country". I read through this twice!)
(DAMMIT.)
colleenmondor.substack.com/p/34-we-need...
(Also, I can not believe I have a typo with "county" for "country". I read through this twice!)
(DAMMIT.)
colleenmondor.substack.com/p/34-we-need...
#34: We need to talk about Air Traffic Control in America
Many of you have likely noticed that we are experiencing a problem with Air Traffic Control in this county.
colleenmondor.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A good read from Colleen, here.
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As the FAA deals with a long list of staffing triggers at facilities across the country tonight, the agency shares that half of the “Core 30 facilities are experiencing staffing shortages, and nearly 80 percent of air traffic controllers are absent at New York–area facilities.”
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As the FAA deals with a long list of staffing triggers at facilities across the country tonight, the agency shares that half of the “Core 30 facilities are experiencing staffing shortages, and nearly 80 percent of air traffic controllers are absent at New York–area facilities.”
Me, pretty much every morning, lately.
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me, pretty much every morning, lately.
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🧵The first-ever in-flight radio transmission was, "Come and get this damned cat!"
Walter Wellman, loaded five companions & a stray cat named Kiddo onto the airship America & attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air.
Walter Wellman, loaded five companions & a stray cat named Kiddo onto the airship America & attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air.
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
🧵The first-ever in-flight radio transmission was, "Come and get this damned cat!"
Walter Wellman, loaded five companions & a stray cat named Kiddo onto the airship America & attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air.
Walter Wellman, loaded five companions & a stray cat named Kiddo onto the airship America & attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air.
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The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.
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The holidays are right around the corner, and Air Traffic Controllers continue to work without pay.
Busy time of year for travel.
How will this situation end?
Busy time of year for travel.
How will this situation end?
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The holidays are right around the corner, and Air Traffic Controllers continue to work without pay.
Busy time of year for travel.
How will this situation end?
Busy time of year for travel.
How will this situation end?
Can't pass a drug test, can't meet physical standards, can't manage an open-book test? That's all cool?
And yet, some folks cried BIG alligator tears about "DEI in air traffic control". Implied that we basically give the job away to meet imaginary racial quotas. The absolute hypocrisy, every day...
And yet, some folks cried BIG alligator tears about "DEI in air traffic control". Implied that we basically give the job away to meet imaginary racial quotas. The absolute hypocrisy, every day...
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Can't pass a drug test, can't meet physical standards, can't manage an open-book test? That's all cool?
And yet, some folks cried BIG alligator tears about "DEI in air traffic control". Implied that we basically give the job away to meet imaginary racial quotas. The absolute hypocrisy, every day...
And yet, some folks cried BIG alligator tears about "DEI in air traffic control". Implied that we basically give the job away to meet imaginary racial quotas. The absolute hypocrisy, every day...
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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