Thursday, May 15, 2025

Duffy Defends Moving Wife's Flight from Newark to Another Airport

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday defended his recent decision to move his wife from a flight that was to take off from troubled Newark Liberty International Airport to one departing from New York's LaGuardia Airport ...

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 08:33 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

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Putin's demented orange bitch has ruined American aviation.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-15 01:18 AM

Sec Duffy's only prior experience in the transportation industry seems to be his stint on MTV's Road Rules series.

Sean Duffy
en.wikipedia.org

... Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, lawyer, former prosecutor, and former television personality who has served as the 20th United States secretary of transportation since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019.

After graduating from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota and William Mitchell College of Law, Duffy first gained fame as a cast member on The Real World: Boston, Road Rules: All Stars and Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, before going on to serve as district attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin, from 2002 to 2010, and as congressman from Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. After resigning from Congress, he became a lobbyist and a Fox Business television co-host.

On November 18, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump named Duffy to be his nominee for U.S. Secretary of Transportation in his second presidency. ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-15 01:31 AM

@#2 ... a Fox Business television co-hos ...

Oh, there's that.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-15 01:32 AM

... Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday defended his recent decision to move his wife from a flight that was to take off from troubled Newark Liberty International Airport to one departing from New York's LaGuardia Airport " saying he did it to ensure she could make an event, not because of concerns about safety. ...

Yeah, from what I have been seeing on the local NYC news, he may not be alone.

Traveling out of Newark Airport? Nina Pineda has tips to save you time and money
abc7ny.com

... The disruptions continue at Newark Liberty International Airport.

So far, 7 delays and 78 cancellations have been announced on Wednesday, according to Flight Aware.

So, what should you do if you're holding a ticket for EWR?

Newark Airport delays are being blamed on a combination of federal budget cuts, FAA equipment problems, air traffic control staffing shortages, and ongoing runway construction.

The delays are part of the reason that United is encouraging passengers to consider going out of different airports.

Since Newark -- the 14th busiest airport in the country -- is cutting dozens of flights daily, to get yourself rebooked, rescheduled, and reimbursed requires you to be your own agent. ...



Yeah, it looks like a mess there at Newark Liberty International Airport.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-15 02:15 AM

Sean Duffy, just another unserious, hapless mook randomly installed in Old Yeller's Cabinet of Mediocrities.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-15 06:21 AM

And here I thought everything would be running perfectly because our last ---- Transportation secretary filled all those positions with DEI hires and they are always known as the best and brightest. If your pilot is black or female (worse if black and female) - change your flight. There is a non-zero probability that they did not meet the former minimum requirements to be a pilot.

#6 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-15 09:14 AM

Outage leaves up to 20 pilots headed to Denver airport unable to contact air traffic control on Monday

www.denver7.com

Putin's putrid DNA receptacle in doing a bang up job of destroying America from within.

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-15 10:18 AM

Frankly, who could blame him?
OTOH, he just admitted Trumpco & Musk have ruined the FAA

#8 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-05-15 08:40 PM

I'm flying to Chicago next week to see Post Malone at Wrigley Field (a good friend is in his band ... should be a great time!).

Never felt the need to buy a "flight only AD&D policy" ... until perhaps now. Pretty sad state of affairs ...

#9 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-16 10:11 AM

#9
AU -
Do you recall the days when airports included machines where, pre-flight, you purchased a life insurance for that flight and posted the paperwork to whoever?

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-16 02:52 PM

There is a non-zero probability that they did not meet the former minimum requirements to be a pilot.

#6 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Kinda like there is a zero probability you have a clue what you are talking about and have ever even left your moms basement.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-16 03:41 PM

You don't have to worry about GED ScottSy, he gets all his information from AI.

Cause if AI said it, it must be true!

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-16 03:44 PM

AU -
Do you recall the days when airports included machines where, pre-flight, you purchased a life insurance for that flight and posted the paperwork to whoever?

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

I do! As well as smoking sections on planes and no security lines. Ah, the good old days!

#13 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-16 05:43 PM

#13: 25 years ago I was on one of the last planes in Europe that allowed smoking after the bans were put in place. A carrier that flew from Madrid to the Canary Islands kept the last rows available for the chimneys, so I left my "C" class seat in the front and sat with my Fellow Travelers in the rear. www.cafedeclic.com

Ole!

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-16 06:06 PM

... so I left my "C" class seat in the front and sat with my Fellow Travelers in the rear. www.cafedeclic.com

Ole!

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Sometimes, approaching other smokers, I'd pull my index finger down to hide it and flash the back side as though the finger was missing ... like a gang sign for societal lepers smokers became and all that LOL

#15 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-16 06:37 PM

#15: Hi AU: That's rich. The no smoking prohibitions had unintended consequences. The SES-level boss of one agency I worked for at the Pentagon smoked. At 0530, I'd bump into him in one of the exterior cubby holes between rings. After the initial greetings of the day, we "evened out" as smokers and I picked up tidbits from him over the year (and vice versa). There was no benefit towards my OER, but I knew if I was ever jammed up, at the next smoke break he would have said, "What, Major??!!" Problem solved.

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-16 06:55 PM

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