Thread by @FluteMagician

1) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been talking a lot today about fixing the air traffic control system. Well, I did some research and I found his plan to fix it, released a few days ago. And what do you think the name of this new system is? Can you guess? See next⬇️

2) Well here it is! It’s called Brand New Air Traffic Control System! That’s its name. What? Were you thinking it should have a name that stemmed from the manufacturer like a computer system would? No! This is the Trump administration! So now let’s open that pdf next⬇️

3) There’s three pages of this plan. As you see, this is the Brand New Air Traffic Control System system. They’ve got a prompt timeline, but notice there’s no contractors or cost/funding numbers? They literally don’t know who can build it. Let’s see more⬇️

4) Here’s page two. As you see, they’ve got to start on it this year. But they don’t know who’s going to build it or how much it’s going to cost. Because if they knew that, it would be listed in the plan. That’s why a plan is called a plan. Let’s see more⬇️

5) This is the last page. That’s it. That’s the plan. No identified contractors, no identified computer systems, no cost numbers, and no budget. But they have to start this year. And they don’t even know who to solicit bids from, because they don’t know who can build it. So⬇️

6) Obviously, when you don’t have a name of a system, because you don’t even have any prospective systems before you to choose from, what do you do? You call it the Brand New Air Traffic Control System system. That should be very comforting for all air travelers to know.