Originally Posted by Gooselives

38% of the SpaceX company has been there less than one year average duration is one to 2 Years place is toxic. Can you imagine if he made every place like that?brain rae and fire

Originally Posted by tallpilot

Privatization is a mixed bag and might not be a panacea but as has been mentioned above the current system isn't exactly wonderful. Perhaps the people at SpaceX currently catching rockets out of the sky could possibly come up with something better? Is that difficult to believe?

The amount of fuel wasted by poor ATC is massive (why don't environmentalists care about this). They've been talking about NextGen since before I started flying but just last week I had to hold for 10 minutes because the airplane that landed in front of us didn't cancel IFR.

ADS-B and ACARS told the airline operations when it was on the ground and at the gate with 1 minute of accuracy/transmission delay (we could easily get this down to tens of seconds if anyone cared) but we have to wait for a center supervisor to make a PHONE CALL to figure out the airplane is on the ground.

I'm a fan of being somewhat cautious with change especially regarding safety systems but there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that our current system is not very good and it would be nice if some serious people who prefer getting things done to endless meetings and PowerPoint slides could take a look at it.

Originally Posted by BlueScholar

And the Musk fanboys would certainly have no problem is the government used your tax dollars in responsible ways such as launching a rocket knowing the launch pad facility wasn't ready, but who cares if you destroy the damn whole thing and jeopardize the test, cause it'd be funny to launch a rocket on 4/20? They wouldn't have an issue gutting infrastructure like twitter, breaking the damn thing because hey their friends and family probably won't die or suffer from interupted services? The guy worth $400 billion is free to set his money on fire and destory his company, because he only has to answer to his investors. Governments must take a more cautious and responsible approach, even if that means money is spent less efficiently. The "fail fast break things" model might work for a harmless $1.99 angry birds app, but it's also exactly how you end up with 2 crashes that kill 346 people. This isn't some nebulous, hypothetical situation.

Originally Posted by BlueScholar

And the Musk fanboys would certainly have no problem is the government used your tax dollars in responsible ways such as launching a rocket knowing the launch pad facility wasn't ready, but who cares if you destroy the damn whole thing and jeopardize the test, cause it'd be funny to launch a rocket on 4/20? They wouldn't have an issue gutting infrastructure like twitter, breaking the damn thing because hey their friends and family probably won't die or suffer from interupted services? The guy worth $400 billion is free to set his money on fire and destory his company, because he only has to answer to his investors. Governments must take a more cautious and responsible approach, even if that means money is spent less efficiently. The "fail fast break things" model might work for a harmless $1.99 angry birds app, but it's also exactly how you end up with 2 crashes that kill 346 people. This isn't some nebulous, hypothetical situation.

Originally Posted by Turbosina

If you all think Frank Lorenzo and Carl Icahn were detrimental to our profession, just wait until Elon decides it's time to "optimize" the airline industry. The irony of supposed union supporters cheering on Elon Musk is staggering.

Originally Posted by DogPit

Is Elon in the room with you right now?

Originally Posted by tallpilot

. Perhaps the people at SpaceX currently catching rockets out of the sky could possibly come up with something better? Is that difficult to believe?

Originally Posted by DogPit

Is Elon in the room with you right now?

Originally Posted by Turbosina

If you all think Frank Lorenzo and Carl Icahn were detrimental to our profession, just wait until Elon decides it's time to "optimize" the airline industry. The irony of supposed union supporters cheering on Elon Musk is staggering.