Most people appreciate the service of air traffic controllers, but airports and airlines often don't. Congress usually appropriates funds for improved ATC tracking and communication systems over 3 to 5 years, complicating use and safety; changes in biennial reauthorizes make implementations chaotic and expensive.

Meanwhile, DOGE and President Trump have reduced  --and plan to continue  reducing --funding and staff at FAA, NAS, and NTSB. Is the recent batch of aviation crashes the result? Of course it is! Air Traffic management risks include busy-hour complexity, and staffing remote ATC at Intermediate airports overnight involves unscheduled flights, so controllers may be busy when called, unaware of an earlier call or assigned to two flights simultaneously. That was part of the recent collision near Reagen National Airport and of a fatal  crash in Minnesota not long ago. 

U.S. Senators and Representatives tolerate this now and seemingly are not alarmed.  Some are even less informed than their constitutes and their caucus’ Transportation Committee delegates. So, yes, aviation safety is not a political goal.

Please review the attached forms and introduce them at your DFL precinct caucus. If you are not attending the DFL Caucus, but are concerned about proper Legislative procedures --not secret deals negotiated by Party leaders or lobbies --take the Open Government and Climate Change Resolution to other caucuses and ask your State Legislature and Congressional District candidates:

If they knew of the MetC and MAC Charter Changes or the misuse of Airport Revenues and other Federal grants --not legally spent or shared according to an approved Long-Term Plan since 2014?

If they intend to reinstate laws to separate the Administrative, Policy-making, and Judicial powers. in the Constitution(s)?

If they intend to wait indefinitely to slow climate change, pollution, and public health and safety risks associated with hub airport routes and schedules when these risks could be reduced 20% by changes in en route National Airspace System management?

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