President Donald Trump on Tuesday weighed in on the recent crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet in Ethiopia:
Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019
….needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019
Old man yells at cloud, President Grandpa clamors for old and simple. Good old steam, not “the digital”.
Of course, old man nominally oversees the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency tasked with investigations into such matters, and the Federal Aviation Administration, the federal agency tasked with certifying the safety of American aircraft. Once upon a time, it would have been a ghastly breach of norms for the boss to declare what the findings of his agencies should be. Now we just shrug.
Same shit, different day.
This guy is just a dumbass.
WTF. No surprise that he doesn’t know what he is talking about, but still, it’s a subject that I don’t associate with Trump, and no woman was insulted, and no Russian collusion was denied. Must have been written by Barron.
Because this is the first plane crash in the history of forever.
From the man who cannot use a computer.