This is an underrated story I think. Elon Musk literally purchased the opportunity to fire the person primarily responsible for regulating Space X which is intimately tied to his other business Starlink. This is exactly why billionaires are dangerous, why allowing unlimited political spending by private parties is dangerous, and showcases the utterly broken state of our current regulation arm. Fuck Fascist Elon Musk and all the people who enabled him to do this.
Man, this would be really damning if the rules mattered anymore
Rules only matter when people demand their enforcement.
The timing of this is fucking terrible and I’m disappointed the Chief volunteered to quit.
The recent air collision will absolutely be pinned on Whitaker “because guilty people quit” and let Trump move ahead aggressively with further tearing apart air safety.
Well, no matter what happens, Trump will cry and play the victim, and then casually overthrow more people’s human rights. Because he can.
Sure, but now there will be a toady in Whitaker’s place who will have an even freer hand to restructure the FAA because of this collision. Trump is already shouting about DEI which is the same excuse they’re using to clear out long term bureaucrats in other areas.
Having someone in place who can resist these changes - even just partially - is better than a toady.
… Did nobody see what he did to Twitter?
