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[FL360aero @fl360aero]

Shocking visuals of mid-air collision as two U.S. Navy Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft collide and crashed during Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho few hours ago.

The accident occurred about 2 miles northwest of the base during the second day of the Gunfighter Skies Air Show, with both planes exploding on impact into large plumes of black smoke visible from the ground.

Sources say, accident was limited to aircraft losses, all 4 crews ejected safely.

#aircraft

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

How long it would take a plane to reach each planet

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@MarkJCarney At the cost of the environment?

[Capt. Jason Ambrosi @ALPAPresident]

It’s hard to believe that the people who keep our skies safe—controllers, TSA agents, safety inspectors and more—are working without pay. Imagine doing a stressful, safety-critical job while wondering how you’ll pay your bills. It's time for Congress to #EndTheShutdown.

[YVR @yvrairport]

Every night at YVR a transformation takes place on the airfield. As the airport shifts from day to night, crews move in to carry out upgrades as part of the North Runway Program. Learn more about our operations and how teams work together during construction.

[CATCA @CATCA5454]

What are the implications of a U.S. government shutdown for Air Traffic Control? In a nutshell:

Controllers working without pay = stress on workforce
Expect morale, retention, and absentee‐rates to be stressed, especially if the shutdown drags on.

Reduced support & backup functions
With support staff furloughed, incident response, maintenance, and oversight will be stretched. That reduces resilience in degraded or high workload operations.

Hiring & training stalls
The delay or suspension of recruitment and training aggravates the bottleneck in replenishing the workforce. The existing shortage worsens.

Prioritization of essential functions
Only critical safety and operational work remains. Projects, system upgrades, modernization plans, non-urgent certification tasks may get deferred.

Operational slowdowns or capacity reductions
To maintain safety margins, traffic levels may need to be constrained or set back. Delays and cancellations are more likely, especially in congested airspace.

Ripple effects beyond the U.S.:

Cross-border traffic & flows: Canadian air traffic and flights flying into or near U.S. airspace may face knock-on delays or flow restrictions (e.g. ground delay programs).

Shared systems & coordination: When U.S. modernization or system upgrades pause, interoperability or coordination with Canadian systems may slow down.

Worsening staffing gaps: A prolonged shutdown exacerbates the existing shortage problem - delaying recruitment and training means fewer controllers in the pipeline when things resume.

Recovery lag
Once funding returns, it will take time to catch up: training, certifications, maintenance backlog, rehiring - everything takes longer after a pause.

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Quelles sont les implications d'un arrêt des activités du gouvernement américain pour le contrôle aérien ? En bref :

Contrôleurs travaillant sans salaire = stress pour le personnel
Il faut s'attendre à une baisse du moral, du taux de rétention et à une augmentation du taux d'absentéisme, surtout si l'arrêt des activités se prolonge.

Réduction des fonctions de soutien et de secours
Avec le personnel de soutien en congé forcé, les interventions en cas d'incident, la maintenance et la surveillance seront mises à rude épreuve. Cela réduit la résilience dans les opérations dégradées ou à forte charge de travail.

Stagnation du recrutement et de la formation
Le retard ou la suspension du recrutement et de la formation aggrave le goulot d'étranglement dans le renouvellement du personnel. La pénurie existante s'aggrave.

Priorisation des fonctions essentielles
Seuls les travaux critiques liés à la sécurité et aux opérations sont maintenus. Les projets, les mises à niveau des systèmes, les plans de modernisation et les tâches de certification non urgentes peuvent être reportés.

Ralentissement des opérations ou réduction des capacités
Afin de maintenir les marges de sécurité, il pourrait être nécessaire de limiter ou de réduire le trafic. Les retards et les annulations sont plus probables, en particulier dans les espaces aériens encombrés.

Répercussions au-delà des États-Unis :

Trafic et flux transfrontaliers : le trafic aérien canadien et les vols à destination ou à proximité de l'espace aérien américain pourraient subir des retards ou des restrictions de flux (par exemple, des programmes de retards au sol).

Systèmes partagés et coordination : lorsque la modernisation ou la mise à niveau des systèmes américains est interrompue, l'interopérabilité ou la coordination avec les systèmes canadiens peut ralentir.

Aggravation des pénuries de personnel : un arrêt prolongé exacerbe le problème actuel de pénurie - le retard dans le recrutement et la formation signifie qu'il y aura moins de contrôleurs disponibles lorsque les activités reprendront.

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@TransLink You can reimburse my uber or run the bus more frequently, this has happened a few times and only runs every 30 minutes so it needs to be a reliable service

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@TransLink what happened to the 80 bus? Kind of left a bunch of people stranded

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

I thought this was about fentanyl…

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@fl360aero Definitely not on the runway

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@navcanada Notice To Airmen, Significant Meteorological Conditions, Required Navigation Performance

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@TransLink Please please please put a bigger bus on the 100 service during peak periods it’s always packed pretty awful experience

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@catcatcher97 This may give a clue, same same went mechanical yet again https://t.co/MJhnlqIJs8

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@stanleyparkrail This operation is a complete embarrassment, great job once again on not being reliable and ruining those family outings everyone was looking forward to, particularly the kids

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@Sportsnet your app is absolute garbage and you need to fix it.. freezes cuts out and now won’t work anymore terrible

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

“I simply gave back what you threw at me.” - The Ocean 🌊

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Here is what a 15 foot hurricane storm surge looks like folks.

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@TransLink you need a larger extended type bus on the 100 route in the morning commute. Always packed, lots of people taking it to get to construction projects along marine drive. Frequently full even with the frequency of service provided

[AIRSIDE GUY @airsideguy]

@KenSimCity Fix the roads they’re in terrible shape

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@PtFry too busy partying and going to every concert and event in town