• @anlumo@feddit.de
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    11 year ago

    Yes, but the “everybody panic!” vibe the article is trying to convey is way too dramatic.

    • Andy
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      21 year ago

      When air traffic controllers tell you “this is a crisis” I think we should listen. Must we wait for an actual crash before we do something? It seems like we never react UNTIL a crisis explodes.

      Another example: last year, while threatening a railroad strike, the railroad unions warned that derailments and near catastrophes were going up. Just a few months after they were forced back to work without additional support or breaks, the East Palestine disaster struck. The people responsible for inspecting cars TOLD the media and TOLD congress that this was happening. And it’s still going on. Derailments are like mass shootings. They happen about weekly, but the reporting just covers a few of the big ones.