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BidenRocks

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10. Musk wanted to do new SS system.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 10:06 PM

May 2025

Screw that!

Regardless who builds it, the old system needs to function until after a successful hand off.
Many years from now.
When they see the price tag, we'll see why it hasn't been fixed for many years.
It doesn't get funded.

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ATC has been understaffed and stuck with outdated equipment for decades, ever since Ocelot II May 2025 #1

Probably intentional sabotage so Musk can get paid Jacoby365 May 2025 #2

AND privatize it. dchill May 2025 #3

Pay to land? BidenRocks May 2025 #7

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BINGO! Attilatheblond May 2025 #11

Anyone who thinks that you are paranoid markodochartaigh May 2025 #12

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I haven't been on an airplane since 2014. FoxNewsSucks May 2025 #13

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I've taken hundreds if not thousands of flights in my career. NNadir May 2025 #17

Efficiency the likes of which the world has never seen before dalton99a May 2025 #18