Oh, FFS!

[davidgillon]

"With the support of President realdonaldtrump, the doge team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system," Musk posted to his social media platform X. "

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[davidgillon]

It's possible he's just talking about the NOTAMS (Notices to Airmen) system, which is roughly a glorified email server, though one where it's vital each pilot gets the NOTAMs relevant to his take-off and landing airports and the en-route conditions, and those vary through the day, so it's a moving target for every pilot for every flight, I'd mostly trust him with that as long as he doesn't play with the live system and conducts adequate testing. Anything closer to live ATC, he's passed his Peter Principle level and it's disappearing into the distance.

[rmc28]

rapid changes

safety-critical

software

oh no

[davidgillon]

Worse, no formal requirement to say what's safe and what isn't!

[dewline]

One of the planes arriving in Ottawa from the States is going to crash on me, isn't it.

[davidgillon]

I think you should be safe in Canada. Once in US airspace, though.

[slashmarks]

...Well, I'm glad I'm not flying anywhere any time soon. I think maybe I will plan to drive from DC to Michigan in May.