The Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down the airspace in certain parts of the country if the government shutdown continues into next week.
Doesn’t feel like a threat. Feels like a scare tactic to people who don’t know enough about how flying works.
There is no way in hell he gets away with physically shutting out other planes. NORAD is US + Canada. Canada is extremely unlikely to acquiesce, so he’ll have to use unpaid American military. Because ICE is not building fast enough (ICE is his excuse to say, “see? I’m not using military on civilians!”), he relies on the military to keep a hold on the populace. If they become too disgruntled, he loses or at least greatly impedes his progress towards his desired control of the entire US government.
If he declares that towered airports are now class G, then airplanes are still able to land but at a greatly reduced rate
If he makes them into TFR’s, then he’ll add time for planes to go around them.
Because it’s a threat, not a safety measure
This is yet another loud chest beating to signal Republican incompetence
Doesn’t feel like a threat. Feels like a scare tactic to people who don’t know enough about how flying works.
There is no way in hell he gets away with physically shutting out other planes. NORAD is US + Canada. Canada is extremely unlikely to acquiesce, so he’ll have to use unpaid American military. Because ICE is not building fast enough (ICE is his excuse to say, “see? I’m not using military on civilians!”), he relies on the military to keep a hold on the populace. If they become too disgruntled, he loses or at least greatly impedes his progress towards his desired control of the entire US government.
If he declares that towered airports are now class G, then airplanes are still able to land but at a greatly reduced rate
If he makes them into TFR’s, then he’ll add time for planes to go around them.
His “threat” feels completely toothless.