James Fallows focuses on how Musk-Trump's bogus fraud claims are justifying cutting vital programs that took years to develop, and people will end up dying as a result. A case in point: "the sudden attack on part of the invisible infrastructure that has kept air travelers so safe in the skies."

"Before last month’s helicopter-airliner collision over the Potomac, the US had gone nearly 16 years without a major airline crash."

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https://fallows.substack.com/p/they-were-careless-people-taking

"An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before another close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago."

~ CNN

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/us/reagan-national-american-airlines-go-around/index.html