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One call to Pete Buttigieg should be sufficient to resolve our little "problem."

Does anyone have a way to broker an intro?

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By the way, FAA began obscuring plane crash data on May 1, 2022.

Last record ID in on the data file download page https://av-info.faa.gov/dd_sublevel.asp?Folder=%5CAID contains the old date 20220501002239II137 (where the date is 20220501) from this link http://av-info.faa.gov/data/AID/fix/a2020_25.txt (2020 thru 2025) which is presented today as if up to 2023-01-22 but has really only been the 4,710 accidents and incidences from 2020-01-01 up to 2022-05-01 since then.

Why the lack of explanation? Info still exists at NTSB, why not say so? A competent agency with a stellar record to show and nothing to hide would make everything clear at the top of that page, no?

And why does the "Commercial Air Carrier Fatalities" link https://www.faa.gov/about/plans_reports/Performance/quarter_scorecard at https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident go [apparently] to the last publicly disclosed performance report instead, all the way back in 2016, instead of what the text claims to point to, a current (or any) actual fatalities report?

Their answer could be, no, all you have to do is go this page obviously at

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:93:::NO:::

and click each and every link separately, then piece them together, day by day.

Currently shows 9 fatalities in the last 10 days. Why doesn’t it make more clear for example that on 2023-01-17 there were also 19 aircraft-related injuries besides the 2 fatalities on that single day? (from the NTSB mdb file https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/Data_Stats.aspx)

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Did Senator Johnson get an answer from the FAA by his deadline on the 10th of Feb?

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Hey -- Any advice on the legalities of just showing up at an airport with these petitions -- sans a boarding pass or ticket? I imagine it's frowned on.

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You need to produce a little card or bitly link that can be handed to airline folk. I can't print pages of the petition and hand it around. Something inconspicuous for them to follow up.

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I totally disagree with this proposal! This would be one more multi-million committee project that would never accomplish anything! The Federal Government (including the FAA) has neither the knowledge or inclination to produce a meaningful study of anything!

H. Timmons

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If you think the wimp in over his head, secretary pete buttigieg, will take any action you are beyond salvageable. All he has done if F UP everything under his responsibility! You will get equal results if you go to the ocean and stick your head under water and yell for his attention.

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Before signing this misguided petition, read today's statement from the medical director of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the single largest pilot organization in the world, representing nearly a half million pilots. I am 100% in agreement with AOPA on this.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2023/january/25/federal-air-surgeon-takes-on-tough-issues

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Steve - How about a petition from AIRLINE PASSENGERS, as well? Isn't the FAA liable for any/all injuries/deaths of passengers if the pilot(s) are incapacitated during a flight? And, passengers are not flying because they're afraid the pilots are too injured to perform properly.

DOING AN AWESOME JOB, STEVE!!! THANK YOU!!!

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Death toll at my airline is astounding, weekly posts of deaths for people age 20-50 average…

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I saw this on Dr. Tennpenny's TRUTH account. All you scientist types might be interested in this publication.

https://truthsocial.com/users/busydrt/statuses/109750453294672801

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Lawrence.Fields@faa.gov Mr. Fields, have contacted you numerous times to discuss pilot safety after the covid 19 mRNA shot. I am concerned about pilot/passenger safety. I know you are busy so I will keep emailing you till I get a response. You do care about pilot/passenger safety? I feel its all about safety, do you agree?

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As long as people buy tickets and as long as these people show up for work, don’t expect changes.

I have made one business flight soon after 911, before the TSA got “gestapo”.

That was enough- never again.

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Davis.Boulder@faa.gov Have not heard from you concerning the safety of your pilots, please email me so we can have dialogue. You do care about the safety of your pilots?

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Robert.Isom@aa.com Have not heard from you concerning the safety of your Pilots, please contact me as soon as possible. Do you care about your pilot's safety................

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