More Change at FAA medical

bbchien said:
Well, heck, Sec'y Pena's commentary was "We will tolerate no accidents".
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DJTorrente said:
How many airplane crashes can one agency prevent? All of them -- just make sure no one flies.

I don't have to wonder what would have happened if Henry Ford had to face the "Federal Automobile Administration" -- we have the front row seat. The Otto cycle was discovered in 1876; Ford Motor Company was able to build 14 million Model T's by 1927 -- one car (of just that one model) for every 10 US citizens, in less than 50 years.

It's been over 120 years since Kitty Hawk.
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UTLonghorn_1979 said:
I’m sure they will back off, but it does nothing to fix the overall rot that is at the FAA. The more I learn the more it seems they just make it up as they go along and with zero accountability.

It’s infurating. I REALLY hope DOGE comes out swinging and get the Gov working for us again vs. us working for the Gov.
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Keep in mind that DOGE - if it actually comes into existence- will only be an advisory board. It will only make recommendations, without the authority for compel compliance. Many government functions and departments are set by statute.
 
ateamer said:
Keep in mind that DOGE - if it actually comes into existence- will only be an advisory board. It will only make recommendations, without the authority for compel compliance. Many government functions and departments are set by statute.
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True.

Bear in mind, though, that the two primary advisers have tremendous resources and influence, and since they’re not USG employees and have no “official” government role, they’re not constrained by regulations that restrain government staff. If they decide some Congress critter is a problem, they can hand $50M to a primary opponent and unleash all sorts of media hell with as much freedom as any other private citizen.

It’s already started. Watch the progress or death of the present CR bill.
 
Half Fast said:
True.

Bear in mind, though, that the two primary advisers have tremendous resources and influence, and since they’re not USG employees and have no “official” government role, they’re not constrained by regulations that restrain government staff. If they decide some Congress critter is a problem, they can hand $50M to a primary opponent and unleash all sorts of media hell with as much freedom as any other private citizen.

It’s already started. Watch the progress or death of the present CR bill.
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That’s exactly right. You have to threaten their jobs and livelihood in order for them to respond.
 
UTLonghorn_1979 said:
How so? If they aren’t doing their jobs, you run someone against them that will. That’s what a democratic republic does.
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"threaten" has very different connotations

better to encourage them to do the right thing.

but we are definitely in a very adversarial world now...
 
Bob Noel said:
"threaten" has very different connotations

better to encourage them to do the right thing.

but we are definitely in a very adversarial world now...
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Only if easily “triggered.” Please don’t read anything “threatening” into that word either.

Threatening only has the connotation literally ascribed to it…in my use, their job as a tax payer funded employee, senator, representative, etc will be at threat/risk if they continue to defy the will of the people/keep doing a bad job. Just like we saw this past November.

If holding the elected officials accountable is adversarial, we’ll just need to disagree.
 
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