Summary
The FAA is reportedly set to cancel a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to modernize air traffic control communications and instead award it to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Musk has publicly criticized Verizon’s system as failing, though without evidence. SpaceX employees have been embedded within the FAA, and some now have agency email addresses.
The move raises concerns about favoritism and conflicts of interest, especially as Musk’s companies have received $38 billion in government funding.
The contract transfer has not followed standard procedures, prompting resistance from senior FAA officials.
Some might think this is corruption, but I assure you, this was the best offer we could find, because all the others got lost somehow?
Sounds like a real lack of efficiency
It’s super efficient to lose the papers of all but one applicant. Really speeds up those decision times.
Nonono, Musk has already helped us with that. We are saving hundreds of dollars on wages, and only very few planes have crashed.