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Bipartisan air travel safety act was essentially killed by a last second objection from the Pentagon that it is too prescriptive and too expensive.
“… If passed, the bill would force a safety review of flight routes at all large and midsize airports, limit the conditions under which the military could turn off advanced location broadcasting technology, and require most aircraft to be equipped with advanced location tracking technology by the end of 2031. The House’s G.O.P. leaders announced last week that they would put the ROTOR Act to a vote, just hours after the N.T.S.B. released its final report on the midair collision.…”
Pentagon Pulls Support for Air Safety Bill Written After D.C. Helicopter and Plane Crash
The legislation, which the House is expected to vote on Tuesday, would require military and commercial aircraft to use certain tracking technology to avoid collisions.
It had exceptions for classified flights. But MAGA killed it.
There is an alternative act, the ALERT Act. TBD whether it can pass.
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That's OK, Pete. Nobody had you on their bingo cards either.
Of course he won't resign. This precedent has been set by the radical right. Commit an atrocious act, deny/ignore it, give it a news cycle or two, and then *POOF* it magically all goes away.
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“…Mr. Orta died in a fiery car crash at around 1 a.m. on Saturday when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and struck a utility pole. The car caught on fire and Mr. Orta died before the three other people in the car, including a stepsister, were able to pull him out, Mr. Arriaga said. The crash over the weekend had no connection to the shooting last March.
According to a preliminary San Antonio police report, which did not name Mr. Orta, the person behind the wheel was driving “at a high rate of speed” when he attempted to exit the highway and lost control of the vehicle.…”