<![CDATA[I'm never going on a plane ever again]]>I'm never going on a plane ever again

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8b8fbe8d-e60d-42a9-891a-0d1f8bed96a2/i-m-never-going-on-a-plane-ever-againRSS for NodeThu, 13 Aug 2026 12:15:59 GMTMon, 10 Aug 2026 13:53:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:43:31 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs great, now we can run the life-critical experiment where we take the "most stressful job in the world" and give it to people who aren't going to take it too seriously

(presumably because the ones we fired were being paid too much)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/estelle/statuses/117072685416911917https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/estelle/statuses/117072685416911917Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:43:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:42:43 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs

And every one of them had sex with the pilots' mothers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Perrin42/statuses/117072682232787930https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Perrin42/statuses/117072682232787930Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:42:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:31:18 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs

Nothing bad will come of this! I'm 94% sure!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/117072637328419390https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/117072637328419390Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:18:10 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs ....oh yes, just the thing I needed to see right when I was considering a flight to deal with some things in the States.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kosmos.social/users/GeoWend/statuses/117072585697194262https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kosmos.social/users/GeoWend/statuses/117072585697194262Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:18:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:54:04 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Same since about 2020 and this does nothing to change my mind.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thistlenfern.org/ap/users/116972679417738065/statuses/117072490937376138https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thistlenfern.org/ap/users/116972679417738065/statuses/117072490937376138Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:54:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:28:06 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs some context from an ATC. Hiring 2000+ people per year is only a record because the previous hiring limit was 1200-1500 per year that barely or frequently did not keep up with attrition. After COVID shut down the training pipeline for a year and a half we’re now significantly behind on numbers. Regardless, those 2000+ will now winnow down over the course of training and we will probably end up with roughly 50% of those as fully certified ATCs… in about 3 years

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/Anonymousless/statuses/117072388878473709https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/Anonymousless/statuses/117072388878473709Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:28:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:23:42 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs JFC

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/117072371576816813https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/117072371576816813Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:23:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:16:29 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs I mean, I can kind of see the assumption that air traffic controllers use thought processes similar to real time strategy players, with the bonus of no game mechanics actively trying to thwart you. If it were just job counselling advice, or an ad campaign to attract recruits, that wouldn't be so bad.

But from what others are saying about the stress of the job and the lack of training facilities, this sounds unsurprisingly tone deaf.

You know what might take stress off ATCs? Reducing their work load with a high speed rail network from Alaska to Mexico, and California to New York. Not a quick solution, but the second best time is now and all that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Space_Burger_Steve/statuses/117072343164985439https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Space_Burger_Steve/statuses/117072343164985439Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:16:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:13:02 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs "Trained on X-Wings"?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/PiiiepsBrummm/statuses/117072329620111342https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/PiiiepsBrummm/statuses/117072329620111342Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:13:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:56:31 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
Maybe these new hires can start their tower experience for private jets in Silicon Valley and Austin.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dotnet.social/users/Enema_Cowboy/statuses/117072264635876786https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dotnet.social/users/Enema_Cowboy/statuses/117072264635876786Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:56:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:09 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs joking to skip the main point but will @acarsdrama have to introduce content warnings for the gamer moments

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/somekindofgarf/statuses/117072219957445956https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/somekindofgarf/statuses/117072219957445956Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:33:15 GMT]]>@alisonw tbf it's in quotation marks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/117072173157327238https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/117072173157327238Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:33:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:32:04 GMT]]>@callisto that would be correct

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/117072168519602461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/117072168519602461Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:32:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:29:46 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs I still blame Reagan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/callisto/statuses/117072159447919110https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/callisto/statuses/117072159447919110Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:29:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:27:56 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Yet another reason never to visit the US again. Seems like they make up new reasons every day. It’s beyond me why anyone would want to go there as a tourist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115957758867449750/statuses/117072152239347853https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115957758867449750/statuses/117072152239347853Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:22:44 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
Can anyone on this thread name a single time that excessive haste and unrealistic deadlines combined to derail an important project?
The reflecting pool, the destruction if the White House East Wing, and the Iran War don't count -- so don't mention those.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117072131847072803https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117072131847072803Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:22:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:15:36 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs can't be any worse than the aviation engineering students I encountered at my job 20 years ago. They were glad to get C's and D's. Probably leads on some project at Boeing by now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jlm/statuses/117072103762563985https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jlm/statuses/117072103762563985Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:15:27 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs They'll be fine if first trained in VATSIM.

"Flight CX376, you are now cleared to crash."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/arem/statuses/117072103194750822https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/arem/statuses/117072103194750822Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:15:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:14:52 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs obligatory "do a barrel roll!" quote πŸ˜„πŸ¦Š

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/misjavanlaatum/statuses/117072100898653498https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/misjavanlaatum/statuses/117072100898653498Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:10:24 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs ooohh god πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸ™ƒ
I hate this timeline 😹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/117072083318985768https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/117072083318985768Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:10:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:02:37 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Holy shit ... https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-and-federal-aviation-administration

Family member getting married this month. A friend was invited and was told I wasn't going. I said to my HS friend I don't trust flying. She said the same thing. We're both old and educated.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116584758053727639/statuses/117072052685018111https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116584758053727639/statuses/117072052685018111Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:02:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:57:57 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
If someone is amongst "the best and brightest" I doubt they would choose ATC as an occupation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/alisonw/statuses/117072034342882772https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/alisonw/statuses/117072034342882772Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:57:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:56:05 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs When your ATC is run by kids who have the mentality that if a plane goes down, not to worry as it will regenerate or something.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PaulNickson/statuses/117072027014871647https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PaulNickson/statuses/117072027014871647Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm never going on a plane ever again on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:39:20 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs "Streamlined hiring process" does not fill me with confidence.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/rejinl/statuses/117071961171784176https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/rejinl/statuses/117071961171784176Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:39:20 GMT