The FAA created - then lifted - a ten day closure of the airspace around El Paso, leaving more questions than answers. Is this an example of the breakdown of federal government responsibilities under the Trump Administration?
Policy without accountability is dangerous.
Late Tuesday night the FAA closed the airspace around El Paso for ten days for "special security reasons", with little notice to the impacted airport, airlines, and community. Little information on what the reason for the closure were available, leading to speculation of further military action of some sort. However, the closure was lifted less than 12 hours later, with a similar lack of clarity on the reason why the "special security reasons" were no longer valid
A later announcement was that the shutdown was "related to a test of new counter-drone technology by the military at nearby Fort Bliss Army base". Why this would require a ten day shutdown is unclear
Airspace closures absent emergency situations have historically been announced months in advance to give communities and businesses enough time to adjust around any disruptions. Putting aside the speculation on the reason for the closure - which is disruptive enough itself - is this an example of the hollowing out of regulatory agencies under the Trump Administration causing more errors to creep into systems that had previously worked in the background mostly unnoticed?
What further disruptions of background systems would be expected to occur, and what might the impacts be?
Policy without accountability is dangerous.
Late Tuesday night the FAA closed the airspace around El Paso for ten days for "special security reasons", with little notice to the impacted airport, airlines, and community. Little information on what the reason for the closure were available, leading to speculation of further military action of some sort. However, the closure was lifted less than 12 hours later, with a similar lack of clarity on the reason why the "special security reasons" were no longer valid
A later announcement was that the shutdown was "related to a test of new counter-drone technology by the military at nearby Fort Bliss Army base". Why this would require a ten day shutdown is unclear
Airspace closures absent emergency situations have historically been announced months in advance to give communities and businesses enough time to adjust around any disruptions. Putting aside the speculation on the reason for the closure - which is disruptive enough itself - is this an example of the hollowing out of regulatory agencies under the Trump Administration causing more errors to creep into systems that had previously worked in the background mostly unnoticed?
What further disruptions of background systems would be expected to occur, and what might the impacts be?
The FAA created - then lifted - a ten day closure of the airspace around El Paso, leaving more questions than answers. Is this an example of the breakdown of federal government responsibilities under the Trump Administration?
Policy without accountability is dangerous.
Late Tuesday night the FAA closed the airspace around El Paso for ten days for "special security reasons", with little notice to the impacted airport, airlines, and community. Little information on what the reason for the closure were available, leading to speculation of further military action of some sort. However, the closure was lifted less than 12 hours later, with a similar lack of clarity on the reason why the "special security reasons" were no longer valid
A later announcement was that the shutdown was "related to a test of new counter-drone technology by the military at nearby Fort Bliss Army base". Why this would require a ten day shutdown is unclear
Airspace closures absent emergency situations have historically been announced months in advance to give communities and businesses enough time to adjust around any disruptions. Putting aside the speculation on the reason for the closure - which is disruptive enough itself - is this an example of the hollowing out of regulatory agencies under the Trump Administration causing more errors to creep into systems that had previously worked in the background mostly unnoticed?
What further disruptions of background systems would be expected to occur, and what might the impacts be?
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