The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit.

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      Imagine how much faster new aircraft designs can get approval if the faa is a private entity that just approves everything, for a fee, of course. The US can build fall-out-the-sky-planes faster than anyone! /s

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      Oh shit I don’t actually think this is true but conspiracy: the crash in DC was intentional to make the FAA/ATC look incompetent and push privatization.