[ryanwaggoner]

Pilot here. The FAA is overly bureaucratic in some ways, but the safety record of modern commercial air travel is incredible, and that bureaucracy is partly responsible.

More to the point, there’s not enough information here to assess whether the FAA is overreacting, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt over an anonymous, newly-registered probable-sockpuppet account any day.

[dang]

> an anonymous, newly-registered probable-sockpuppet account any day

Attacking another user like that is explicitly against HN's rules, and we ban accounts that do it. What kind of community are we if we insult new commenters just because we don't agree with what they say? Please don't do it again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[kj65557]

> newly-registered probable-sockpuppet account any day.

Thanks for your response but my tenure on hn is probably the least relevant part of the discussion.

[biocomputation]

> Thanks for your response but my tenure on hn is probably the least relevant part of the discussion.

Using the word 'sock puppet' implies that you are speaking for someone else and that you might have a hidden agenda. Thus, your tenure on HN is indeed relevant in this case.

[dang]

People have a right to create accounts to join in on discussion here without being accused of sinister shillage—the tiredest internet trope of them all. Pulling such accusations out of thin air (let alone some more internal place) is absolutely not ok here.

[kj65557]

I'm long time HN news lurker and student pilot. My only conflict of interest is that I find the FAA a pain in the ass (and seeing this article encouraged me to finally post something).

I didn't even know about TapJets until yesterday but find it amusing that people think I'm a sockpuppet.

Does US airspace have a good safety record? Yes. Is that mutually exclusive from the FAA overreacting? No.

I think they 100% should be investigated but unless something legitimately risky is happening then I really just have to roll my eyes at this emergency order. FAA policy is heavily influenced by airlines so it would be unsurprising if this was more politically motivated than anything, but until I hear more specifics about the models of plane used I'll wait and see.