therodri2

:)

[Hernán Kilgorés 🇪🇸 @billkilgore_]

Por lo civil o por lo criminal.

19/07/2026

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph.

Both pilots are dead.

Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years.

A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when.

The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day.

The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country.

Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years.

Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday.

The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement.

The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision.

The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.”

One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

[IM🇵🇹 @Iconic_Mourinho]

Journalist: "Benfica is spending a lot of money to have you…"

Mourinho: "How much do you make? Do you want to tell me?"

Journalist: "I didn't disrespect you…"

Mourinho: "So neither did I. You guys always worry about how much the neighbour gets..."

[Regina Garat @RImperatrix]

El horario de los que no tienen nada que esconder. De los que van por la vida a cara descubierta. Se acabaron las tinieblas y sombras de muerte, los horarios uropeos, los papers circadianos. Vivan las cenas de verano anocheciendo a las 10. Viva la luz. Vuelve a reír la primavera.

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

Y a mí por qué me graban tan gratuitamente????

[ABC.es @abc_es]

😱 El pez diablo negro se deja grabar por primera vez en la costa de Tenerife

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

Lo de este país con las urgencias a mí me lo tienen que explicar con peras y manzanas 😤🤬🤬🤬

[About Aviation @Aviation_XX]

🧵El JET LAG NO es solo cansancio tras un vuelo largo:

Es un desajuste biológico profundo que afecta tu cuerpo porque no está sincronizado con el nuevo horario. Además, hay otros factores en el avión que agravan el problema. Aquí te lo explico paso a paso. 👇

[Manu73 🇹🇷 @Maaanuu73_]

Lo de que la peña necesite grabar cada jodida cosa de su vida es un melón muy poco abierto eh, y está poco abierto por lo que sea.

Yo lo siento pero estás imágenes me parecen ridículas y tristes

[EloyBM @eloybetis]

Busco piso / habitación en Madrid cercana a Cuatro Caminos, para entrar final de Octubre/ Noviembre

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

Buscar piso en este estercolero es la experiencia más traumatica que he vivido en mis 24 años de vida

[Adrián. @AdrianMCF]

El 95% de la gente andaluza que conozco cuando se ha ido fuera de Andalucía desde el primer día han estado preparando su vuelta.

Nadie te querrá, como Andalucía te quiere, me dijeron, y que gran verdad.

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

@Tonilooo47 Lo peor del deporte. Saldrás de esta

[Alex @Minikiu00]

Hola! Soy Alex, empiezo a trabajar en Madrid en enero. Busco una habitación, zona indiferente. Cualquier cosilla md, gracias :) #alquilermadrid #habitacionmadrid #pisomadrid #alquiler #madrid

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

si pongo lo que pienso me llevan preso

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

precioso atico de 20 m2 por 1500 al mes y sin amueblar 😍😍😍 6o sin ascensor en muy buena ubicacion me encanta esta ciudad!!!!!

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

@Tonilooo47 Dice el refranero español que no le puedes pedir peras al olmo

[Eval🍍🍊 @Evaldiosv30]

Imagina que te planten un rasca y gana para encontrarte un "1,25: Osasuna nunca se rinde". Armo una que sale en los libros de historia

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

De esta comunidad a mi me acaban echando

[therodri2 @TheRodri2]

@Tonilooo47 Yo tb estoy hasta la polla