Today's aviation mishap

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travel pro-tip to you all:
flying into or out of florida is ill advised at this time until further notice.

forget that. all travel to florida is currently not recommended.
safety not guaranteed.
… end travel advisory …

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I’m kind of amazed people are still flying. It’s not quite jets dropping out of the sky as I feared, but all these other accidents seem to be happening almost daily now.

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Kinda. I mean (from Feb):

How many people have died in major plane crashes this year?

At least 85 people have died in four major U.S. aviation disasters in 2025.

That’s a lot. But in a average year, there are around 40,000 road deaths in the US, or about 110 a day. If you want to be really safer, please don’t pick driving instead of flying. Take the bus (around 200 fatalities a year, on average) or train (about 200 deaths a year, but mostly outside the train - workers, trespassers, level crossings, etc).

And as @KeybillyJefe notes above, where you’re traveling to matters; once you’ve traveled and safely arrived in Florida, your problems are just beginning.

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A couple of days ago.

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Follow-up:

Boeing Looking To Resell Over 40 Planes After China Drops Its Orders Amid Tariff War

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While there isn’t any evidence of an official Chinese government ban on Boeing imports, it’s now clear that the country’s state-owned airlines aren’t willing to eat the massive tariffs’ financial costs.

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While Boeing is struggling, Airbus is on the verge of a massive deal in China, according to Reuters. The European giant is in negotiations to close a 500-plane deal. So far, the tariff war’s impact on the aviation industry is playing out exactly as AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly predicted last month. The head of the world’s largest plane leaser forecasted that the market would split into two spheres: the United States and everywhere else. Boeing would be relegated to its domestic market and Airbus would conquer the rest of the world.

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Actually, I might be interested in picking up my own airliner, and these would be going cheap…

Wait. They’re 737 Maxes? Never mind.

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What do you expect, it is a dropped ceiling after all.
Duct tape. Never leave home without it.

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You can buy travel-friendly packs:

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MSNBCcorrespondent Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who “handles airspace” at the Newark, NJ, airport gave him some “rather concerning and startling information” about public safety.
“He said, It is not safe. 'It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public,” Costello said. “Really an incredible statement, unsolicited. He just said that to me, and separately, 'Don’t fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.”

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https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/united-airlines-cancels-newark-flights-after-faa-staff-walks-out-e794b071?st=zXLpdk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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As someone outside the US, I wasn’t aware that Newark is one of the major airports servicing NYC until I flew there. United had (has?) a direct Shanghai to Newark flight.

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merkin von bankrupt ignores court orders, and now military helicopter pilots ignore orders from air traffic controllers?!?!

WTAF?

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“Avoid Newark at all costs.”

Seems like solid advice in general…

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Jeez. I have to fly to Washington DC with my family next month and this isn’t making me feel great about it. Hopefully Washington Dulles International is better and more safely operated than Reagan.

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Eh. Parts of Newark are fine. I went there for law school. At least when we weren’t remote for COVID. And I hear the Ironbound has some amazing food.

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