Trump’s Budget Cuts Make the Skys More Dangerous

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

DOGE was another stupid idea which became a reality because an idiot is allowed to violate our nation’s White House. Trump claimed its purpose was to reduce the deficit by trillions of dollars. However, this idea failed. What actually happened made the United States a more dangerous place to live. Men and women who performed jobs necessary to ensure safety and security in America were reduced and dissolved.

Domestic terrorism, the result of Trump and his fascist party’s failure to lessen gun violence in America, has been the greatest danger to the American people for a decade. Trump sanctioned DOGE’s firing of healthcare officials, research scientists, men and women who protected our people from government corruption, and those who kept our commercial airlines safe.

I worked for a commercial airline for 10 years at LAX. Much of my days were spent in operations. My function was to ensure that every aircraft was supplied with the fuel it required, and the cargo and luggage were distributed equally to balance the airplanes in flight. I also ensured that the pilots had the latest weather information and information about anything else they might encounter during their flights. This was between 1967 and 1977. Computers did not exist. Once the aircraft left the gate, it was now in the very capable hands of the FAA and their controllers.

Trump and his Nazi brother from another mother, Elon Musk, fired dozens of controllers, leaving some smaller airports with just a few agents to cover twenty-four hour a day, seven-days a week responsibilities.

Minot, North Dakota, is a small city, population about 48,000. It is also the home of Minot AFB.

On Friday, July 18, 2025, Sky West flight 3788, operated by Delta Airlines, was preparing to land at Minot airport. Without warning a B-52 bomber appeared in the pilot’s view. The Delta pilot was forced to take drastic action with a maneuver he hoped would prevent a mid-air collision. He learned later that the B-52 had performed a ‘fly-over’ during a nearby air show. The air traffic controller on duty was not employed by the FAA: he was employed by a government contractor. He had failed to inform the pilots of both aircraft regarding their relative positions over the airport.

I have only one comment. Domestic terrorism continues to be a problem unaddressed by your incompetent and corrupt federal government. Now, with the least qualified administration in history in control of all 340 million people, commercial airline travel is less safe than it was six months ago. What will Trump destroy next?

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/us/delta-pilot-b-52-bomber-near-collision

https://www.minotnd.gov/?nid=1&mobile=ON