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400 senior FAA officials plus the head of the TSA and 3,000 air traffic controllers were fired as recently as a week ago. Jeff, without making this about politics, can you just tell me how rare this is and what kind of leadership breaches might cause it?

So can you tell me, though, when things like this happen and people get helpless and they get angry, they want to assign blame and they want to blame people in charge and hold them accountable. What happened here?

So can you tell me, though, when things like this happen and people get helpless and they get angry, they want to assign blame and they want to blame people in charge and hold them accountable. What happened here?

Jeff, the director of the FAA resigned on the day of the inauguration. What kind of impact does that have on a situation like this? Yeah.

Jeff, the director of the FAA resigned on the day of the inauguration. What kind of impact does that have on a situation like this? Yeah.

Okay, great. Wonderful. So let's do this in a different way. Jeff, how long have you been an aviation journalist?

Okay, great. Wonderful. So let's do this in a different way. Jeff, how long have you been an aviation journalist?

About 20 years you've been doing this. Yeah, 23 years. Okay. And you do it why? Your care or your passion come from where? I'm a nerd.

About 20 years you've been doing this. Yeah, 23 years. Okay. And you do it why? Your care or your passion come from where? I'm a nerd.

Okay. All right. So the reason I asked the question, though, the state of the industry that results in this crash, is this a one-off or is this something that sets alarm bells off for your expertise on, no, we're doing stuff here where we're freezing air traffic control hires last week and this is emblematic of something?

Okay. All right. So the reason I asked the question, though, the state of the industry that results in this crash, is this a one-off or is this something that sets alarm bells off for your expertise on, no, we're doing stuff here where we're freezing air traffic control hires last week and this is emblematic of something?

More flawed than it's been in your experience over 20 years, or is there no way to quantify that even with your expertise? Like, I'm just curious if there's something in the system that you've noted beyond the crash that spending or investigation documents that we're in a greater state of disrepair here than we have been in your experience doing this.

More flawed than it's been in your experience over 20 years, or is there no way to quantify that even with your expertise? Like, I'm just curious if there's something in the system that you've noted beyond the crash that spending or investigation documents that we're in a greater state of disrepair here than we have been in your experience doing this.

His podcast is called Finding MH370, an investigation by The New York Times in 2023. found 300 close calls near airports nationwide, and they were the result of human error, 300 of those. Is the average passenger in more danger today on takeoff and landing than he or she was before?

His podcast is called Finding MH370, an investigation by The New York Times in 2023. found 300 close calls near airports nationwide, and they were the result of human error, 300 of those. Is the average passenger in more danger today on takeoff and landing than he or she was before?

Is there a problem specifically with the traffic at Reagan International?

Is there a problem specifically with the traffic at Reagan International?

We appreciate the expertise. Your genuine natural reaction when you heard that the new Transportation Secretary was a former cast member of The Real World? Um...

We appreciate the expertise. Your genuine natural reaction when you heard that the new Transportation Secretary was a former cast member of The Real World? Um...

You know what? That's a perfect dismount. Like I thought you had dismounted perfectly right before that, but your general confusion as a nerd expert on these things, just stumbling your way to, you know what? Yeah, it's crazy. It's all, it's crazy. There are planes crashing in the sky. Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy. Everything's gone crazy. Thank you, Jeff. Appreciate the time, sir.