HOW Will Trump CHANGE Aviation?!

[@MentourNow]

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[@vighyatoys5777]

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[@jantjarks7946]

Laughable, my comment in one of the previous videos was deleted where I wrote that Boeing seems to be h.ll bend to prove that they are too big to fail. Now there's a whole video about it. Get this comment deleted too? 😂

[@jaysmith6255]

@@jantjarks7946 To big to fail is really , give more money to the ultra rich . I would like to know what was your comment that got deleted. You most likely spoke truth.

[@josedearimateiayjesus2178]

When will the Trump administration end the farce of banning the new and much more economical Embraer planes from flying in the United States because of the demands of the pilots' unions? American taxpayers are paying for the communist inefficiency of the unions!!! America Free and Great Again!

[@jaysmith6255]

What ever Trump says or does , He and the ultra rich will become richer. Code phase ,to big to fail. I would like to be wrong. WE'll see in 4 years. BTW it would be the same with Harris , thats just the way the "system works".

[@commerce-usa]

No company should become too big to fail. If we have become so dependent on a single company, healthy innovative competition ceases.

[@Wargasm54]

I agree. But there are grey areas if that company is intertwined with our national defense. It’s one of those sucky things. Kinda like Biden giving a full pardon to his son 😂

[@scriptles]

Too big to fail, sounds like monopoly to me

[@productjoe4069]

It’s a lesson we’ve learnt many times yet never seems to stick. Healthy competition requires competent regulation to level the playing field and create resilience. I work in food supply chains, and low resilience is now seen as a critical risk for national security in Europe. Less so in the US, in spite of their dependence on imports for food production. Beyond tariffs, I expect non-tariff trade barriers (such as product regulations) to factor into the upcoming trade wars as they can be much more targeted. This will have an even larger effect on industries like food, or aviation, where there are already industry-specialist agencies to police the products crossing a border. An example regulation I see being weaponised is the EU/UK Digital Product Passport that’s currently being implemented to provide tracking of sustainability and product safety of all goods sold in the EU and UK across their entire supply chain, even the parts beyond those jurisdictions. It disadvantages the US due to their patchwork federal and state level regulations and regulatory agencies, and relatively low levels of supply chain digitisation.

[@mrmariusi]

@@scriptles If Boeing fails, Airbus becomes a monopoly. It is not what you meant, isn't it?

[@mrmariusi]

I disagree. When there are only two left in the world, the failure of one will make the other a monopoly-so very expensive. Please take a look at the prices Nvidia asks for its AI cards: $32.000/pcs. This is only because it has no real competition.

[@andysmith5940]

I appreciate the neutral tone you used covering this. It's like old style objective reporting.

[@ajs41]

That tone of voice is normal in Scandinavian countries like Sweden. I'm British but I was over in Norway recently and noticed it while I was there.

[@broddsaviation5471]

@@ajs41I think he meant the political tone, not the voice

[@danielaramburo7648]

Remember when the news was “just the facts ma’am”?

[@olanderdecastro52]

Well, it was almost neutral until he got to climate change. And then he went full progressive.

[@isakeiriksson7833]

There is no such thing as neutrality in reporting, there are always biases, no matter what. It's naive to think otherwise

[@randallgvideos]

As a small aircraft owner in Canada I pay $75/year for all the ATC I can eat. That's not unreasonable.

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Wow. That is a darn good price. When it comes to budgets (household) I don't factor in less than $10/month. It's nickel and dime. And when it's ATC that can be a matter of life and death. Hard to reconcile all this.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

​@@roderickcampbell2105 That's easily a cost you can factor into yearly maintenance/ownership fees, as though there weren't enough already. Perhaps it would be easier to roll a charge like that into the registration fees instead, maybe even levied on a scale according to the type or total cost of the aircraft, or how often its used in controlled airspace or whatever. A while back an was tossed around about having it as a pay per use basis, which could become very problematic. It would unfairly affect those who frequent controlled airspace because they have no other choice (sucks for you if you live in a congested area), the smaller class D airports that are struggling would get even less traffic, and pilots going cross country would likely opt out of flight following. It could very well contribute to more people getting out of aviation entirely, small class D airports closing, congestion in uncontrolled airports, and pilots getting themselves into bad situations on longer flights.

[@enda1ie]

Is that reasonable though? Is it reasonable that commerial passengers should be subsidising rich people's hobbies which is what this effectively looks like?

[@roderickcampbell2105]

@@enda1ie Speaking as a "rich person" I think it is very reasonable.

[@wagnertenor]

Ok, drop my fuel tax and I'm ok with that!

[@protoretro1290]

I think a better example of a split ATC organisation is Australia. Over here we have CASA, The Civil Aviation Safety Authority, which holds the same role EASA has. But CASA only makes the rules, they don't control airspace. That is the role of Airservices Australia. They are who you file your flight plans with, and they control everything ATC related. Airservices Australia is actually really well run but the main difference is that Airservices Australia is wholly owned by the government. A private company just wouldn't work with our geographic reality.

[@JulianSortland]

AirservicesAustralia also runs radio sites.

[@EdgyNumber1]

We have NATS in the UK which is privately run. UK CAA sets the rules but largely align with EASA rules (so much for that Brexit 'sovrinty innit mate.) Seems to work okay.

[@markdlp]

I appreciate that Peter took the time to provide an overview of Boeing's military programs as it's good to go outside of commercial aviation from time to time!

[@pierresaslawsky1723]

It was indeed an important topic. Kudos for addressing it in a pragmatic, objective way. I wish issues of national concern were approached like this in the news… and especially on social media 😂

[@MentourNow]

Me too... thank you!

[@Akio-fy7ep]

Watch for political opposition to find themselves on the "no-fly" list. There was never any legitimate justification for it, and it has proven resistant to correction.

[@emerkamp1]

@@Akio-fy7ep Like Tulsi was

[@wilsjane]

@@MentourNow I think that imports should be regulated, rather than taxed. Following WW2, America went through a period of massive economic growth and prosperity. Despite having luxury houses and cars, greed set in and cheap imported goods seemed to be the solution. Unfortunately since China import only a faction of what they export, all the $ were going along a one way street. As a result, employment fell, which resulted in cities like Detroit. To make America great again, people need properly paid work, so employers should not be competing with low cost imports. Most of these imports are low quality, so they need to be replaced draining even more money from the economy. Following India's huge orders from Boeing, imagine what would happen if Trump imposed taxes on imports from India. In reality, India and the US should sign a balance of payments agreement. That way employment leading to wealth would benefit both countries equally. Trade between India and the UK has operated this way since the year 1600. Put simply China is destroying the entire western economy. When Trump blew the whistle during his first term, greedy corporations saw their gravy trains about to derail, so all the fake news started. Meanwhile, here in the UK, our imports from China have now fallen by around 70%

[@GuttersMN]

The concern I would have about privatizing ATC is that the motivations of private enterprise are not the same as government entities. Generally speaking a company is motivated to keep the highest difference between revenue and costs, while a government enterprise can be focused on delivering the service up to the full amount of the budget without having to hold anything back. The history of privatization in the US of government functions does not give me a lot of confidence.

[@MentourNow]

Given enough airline involvement in this new ATC body, this should be less of a problem, as airlines are REALLY motivated to have a safe ATC organization... but it could be a tricky body to set up AND keep everyone happy.

[@jimscomp88]

You make a good point about government agencies being able to deliver a service without having to be concerned about making a profit. Unfortunately in my experience, government agencies seldom have good customer service and often cost much much more than is reasonable. I understand that this is a big generalization and it is not always the case. I do agree with you that the private sector can create problems when it looks at profit over responsibility. I think that Boeing is an example where the drive for profit and loss of a vision for their customers caused much of their problems. Hopefully a balance is found that benefits the airline industry and its customers while maintaining safety.

[@andrewcharlton4053]

​@@jimscomp88 most government work goes unheard, unseen and unnoticed. It's only when there are issues that you hear about it in the news.

[@matthewmiller6068]

@@MentourNow Or the airlines will have to rewrite SOPs to make it functionally as if everywhere is uncontrolled airspace to make up for "profit is king" of private companies

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

​​@@jimscomp88Many government companies are actually more efficient than other companies. Concurrently, many private companies get to be inefficient because of natural monopolies. You just need to provide employees with the same incentives and have technocrats in power and a state company will tend to be better.

[@Krasniye]

As an American ATC I've very against privatization. We put up with so much because we are promised a good pension, an early retirement age, and good benefits. All of that is at risk if the ATO is privatized. The argument that other countries like Canada does it fine, and not to downplay them, but every other country in the world works significantly less traffic than the US. It would also be very disheartening to see a higher bar set on GA flying given that pilot training in the US is already expensive. If users have to pay a fee for service we'd see much less things like VFR flight following which makes things less safe, we can't do anything about traffic we're not talking to. NATCA, the atc union, would become much less powerful, and overall I see the quality of life of controllers dropping further. The FAA is far from perfect, but they've been running the most complex, busiest airspace in the world for half a century, there would be compromises to safety, controllers, or both if they are privatized imo.

[@prateekmahapatra1789]

which is the primary reason for privatization ... there is already a working model in europe nd anyways ATC unions make the entire thing inefficient and also costly , so Yea to privatization .

[@timhuffman6007]

The only thing will happen is to make flying much less safe ,just like everything else that he touches,it's scary,thanks for your insights Peter!!

[@kenbrown2808]

@@Krasniye every other country in the world also has healthcare and retirement benefits, which would go away if it's privatized in the us.

[@taxirob2248]

if it is privatized, then the union is exempt from Taft-Hartley provisions against government employee strikes. Jussayin.

[@jomukuk1950]

@@prateekmahapatra1789 I doubt that eurocontrol could be called privatised

[@gene450000]

As a GA pilot and aircraft owner, During Obama era the talk of the airlines funding the air traffic system, but they wanted the GA pilots to also pay into the system. At one point they talked about $100 each time we used the system. This was not acceptable to us. Many would not use the system it the cost was that extensive.. There is a big question mark as to how any privatization would handle GA.

[@traveller23e]

For reference how does that compare to the costs of fuel, maintenance, runway usage and storage?

[@James-hd4ms]

Obama wanted to charge $1,000 per takeoff for GA.

[@brandodurham]

So you’re enjoying the socialism that benefits you as an aircraft owner?

[@waltermh111]

​@traveller23e it's pennies. They can afford to fly their own plane but can't handle 100 per use? Maybe they are in major debt just to say they have a plane? I looked up fuel cost alone. A Cessna 172, a small plane costs around 42-54 an hour. Not sure if that includes take off fuel usage. I get it. Its better for them if the tax payers pays for them to have ATC use. And I am not against it being less than 100. But I am not sympathetic to them.

[@bassplayer2011ify]

If you can afford to buy, maintain, store, and fly a private aircraft you can afford a 100 dollar fee.

[@vidhoard]

Super appreciate the professional reporting you've done here. No spreading of sensationalism, no negativity towards one side or the other, just facts with a little respectful opinion. Just how journalism is meant to be. ❤

[@james-faulkner]

I super duper appreciate how he insinuated in a statement that Trump will likely give his business friends deals when it comes to "green" technology. In other words corrupt.

[@vidhoard]

@james-faulkner he also said lots of things that could be interpreted as far too positive towards Trump if you don't like him. So let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he is evaluating Trump's policies based on the merits of each policy and not grouping them all in one bucket.

[@rynovoski]

I know why he did it, but Trump is a monster, so honestly, negativity towards him and his ilk is more than warranted.

[@vidhoard]

@rynovoski Remember, Petter asked us to keep things civil in the comments. And consider that unity is a lot more powerful than division. Negativity only creates an echo chamber.

[@JomAndoo-m2h]

He's very fun to listen to and gives facts always and explains things well. I agree

[@andrewfidel2220]

One thing you glossed over is that the F18 Super Hornet has basically zero parts commonality with the old design, it kept the F18 designation to make procurement a non-bid process but it is effectively a completely new aircraft.

[@Saml01]

Maybe they are trying to avoid recertification? Lol.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

@@Saml01to get it pass Congress. Defense spending was heavily cut in the 90s after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[@AshrakAhmed]

I thought FA-18 was being manufactured by Lockheed too under license.

[@Raiders33]

A "non-bid process" is illegal under U.S. Federal Law. ALL U.S. procurements are "Full and Open Competition" per Federal Acquisition Regulations unless justified under Title 48 CFR § 6.302. BTW, the F-18E/F Integrated Logistics Support and Operations & Maintenance tail, where 80% of the program's Life Cycle Cost occurs, is identical to the previous F-18C/D.

[@nomore6167]

@@Raiders33 "A 'non-bid process' is illegal under U.S. Federal Law" - And your point is... what? Are you seriously trying to suggest that government agencies have never done anything illegal? Or that they have never given contracts to a specific company, without taking bids? Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it isn't done. Similarly, just because someone isn't prosecuted doesn't mean they haven't committed a crime.

[@kernowradio]

Some say, never talk Politics or Religion. You handled it well 👍

[@jimbrown5091]

@@kernowradio A big part of the current problem with the US is that we NEVER talk politics or religion except in our little echo chambers. It has led to horrific polarization and disunity. There was a time when we could have a civil exchange of ideas...

[@ninjalectualx]

Not talking about it is literally how we got fascism

[@Chris-nn3vu]

​@ninjalectualx and now fascism is over and trump is in. cope

[@JohnSmithShields]

That "Will Fix It" slogan has two very differing effects in the UK. One features Bob the Builder, the other Jimmy Saville.

[@gerwin030]

Trump is just America's Jimmy Saville.

[@DaD8801]

@@gerwin030 This is why he avoids presentation that touch on the political. Your ignorance shines for everyone to see.

[@dogwalker666]

@@DaD8801 Ask yourself who owns the aircraft trump uses! Don't forget the orange felon's criminal record!

[@dogwalker666]

@@gerwin030 indeed

[@RocketboyX]

​@@DaD8801ok simp.

[@johnmorrison8942]

Thanks!

[@nealsandy8464]

I love that a good minute and a half is just "Boeing reuses the same designs over and over and over again". Talk about innovation :D

[@fokionsportage]

Your comprehensive analysis never seize to amaze me how accurate they are and on the same time easy to an "ousider" to understand!!!

[@enigmawyoming5201]

As an American, I am offended how little he knows about the whole story.

[@eisaatana96]

How can you possibly know how accurate it is if you are by your own admission an "outsider". Completely illogical comment.

[@fokionsportage]

@@eisaatana96 you missed the word "comprehensive". But anyway. I think everybody is entitled to his opinion. And to me the video made sense. As simple as that.

[@pilotdad2417]

seemed pretty biased to me. Useing a calm demeanor yet taking smug pop shots at those four years. And our next! dude 80 million people decided to send your handholding ideologies out to pasture. We are done feeling guilty about wanting our America back. politely cater to your sponsers with out the air of fartsniffing arrogance!

[@wskinn]

Re: the aging F-15 and F18. I was recently sitting with some U.S. Marine colonels. The commanding officer of all of them made the following statement: " The F-35 is all well and good, but once the airspace has been secured and stealth is no longer a priority, it's a high-maintenance primadonna that drags down the operational tempo. I need reliable bomb trucks, and I'll take the F-18s every time." My point is, don't underestimate how long the legacy designs from the 70s and the manufactures who support them will be with us.

[@starbase218]

Maybe, but China is currently producing J-20s in great numbers, and they're testing the J-35. The US only has one stealth fighter in production, the F-35. NGAD is little more than a concept at this point. If the US is going to compete with China - and that's already happening - I think they're going to need more fifth gen fighters. Although, if it actually comes to blows between them, well they both got a nuclear triad. The world is such a safe and cozy place right now...

[@Chris-nn3vu]

today on "shìt that never happened" 😂

[@a1b2c3444]

Tip my hat off for this objective and very educational way to navigate this waters. Thank you so much for all the info

[@CaptainScuwr]

I learned something so interesting about the English language today. Companies when referred to directly are singular and use the linking verbs "is"/"was" but when referred to indirectly as "they" it becomes plural with the linking verbs "are"/"were". It was mentally jarring to hear Boeing referred to in the plural, but given the weird enumeration change that occurs when a company is referred to indirectly, it completely make sense a non-native speaker would get it wrong, because it's frankly really strange now that I realize it.

[@dzikibuffalo]

'they' is de facto also singular in English, as in "someone left their keys on the table". Additionally, teams / institutions / big groups of people often go with plural verbs even though they're nominally singular, like "... police have answered these accusations by...."

[@Chris-nn3vu]

you can use either. it doesn't matter.

[@LTD2003-zz2br]

Bravo, Petter! Great job with a topic related to politics here in the US. I think you did a great job, and please don’t be afraid to continue creating more videos that involve politics. Thank you so much for all of your work, and very best wishes to you and your family! David

[@kacpecie]

There is currently a controversy in Poland with a pilot coming on national news to speak about allegedly terrible working conditions within LOT airlines. It could also be a good moment to talk about European regulations regarding aviation.

[@unconnectedbedna]

When Hitler came into power in Germany: "It could also be a good moment to reflect on politics in countries NOT ran by fascism".

[@TheScottbb1]

I’m a Polish Canadian going to Poland in April. You would think conditions would be better since they are more expensive than Swiss or Lufthansa. About $300 more round trip from Toronto to Waszawa and back. I know they recently renewed their fleet but so do other airlines.

[@the_bottomfragger]

​@@unconnectedbednaWhat are you saying?

[@yeahbuddy300lbs]

Comparing Trump with Hitler is pure retardium. Good job

[@unconnectedbedna]

@@the_bottomfragger ​I'm saying it is complete nonsense. The only way to beat fascism is to NEVER comply and NEVER work with them. The ONLY thing needing to change is removing FASCISTS from leading positions EVERYWHERE. The "why did it happen" is mute, we already know: propaganda. And the SAME PROPAGANDA wants people to LOOK AWAY TOWARDS OTHER THINGS (like "European regulations" in this case). This is about Trump/USA and fascism, nothing else.

[@AVisionInFur]

I very much appreciate that you took up the question because your very logical, detailed, widely considered, and historically informed approach to each of your videos, is exactly the style of discourse needed when discussing the political situation here in the US. It shouldn’t feel like a rarity, but, unfortunately, it does.

[@AC-cj]

I can’t believe how much negativity you received from this video on Patreon. You’re amazing. Keep it up!

[@alexdhall]

I can see why. Unfortunately that is the current state of US politics...

[@HK-gm8pe]

Trump ass kissers already on the job, sometimes it feels like these are people who only praise,praise and praise...but dont think logically at all

[@JomAndoo-m2h]

Ignore the negative. Keep up the great explanatory videos. Great Work Mr.Pilot of Mentour.

[@RBoas]

@@JomAndoo-m2hare you suggesting that he is correct with his analysis? If so, your confirmation bias is showing.

[@ninjalectualx]

The aviation industry has a concerning amount of far right weirdos in it

[@daisybaez9991]

Excellent analysis! Thank you for such well thought out and informative discussion. Much to watch out for in the months to come..

[@dizzywilly]

Boeing will never fail not because it’s “too big to fail” but because nowadays being able to produce its own military and passenger planes is considered a huge geopolitical asset

[@Steve.Cutler]

"Interacting without personal attacks"? Have you been on the internet??😂😂

[@Romuls753]

As a truck driver, I support making the FAA its own department so the DOT could focus more on ensuring that the trucking industry and passeger vehicle safety, BUT I don't support privatizing the sector that handles air traffic control

[@Hummerbird99]

Why not?

[@MeeesterBond17]

​@@Hummerbird99 Deciding what an appropriate number of aviation incidents per year is with a cost/benefit analysis sounds pretty messed up to me.

[@ronjones1077]

I don’t think ANY government entity should be in a union! Tax payers pay their wages, not private companies

[@mycosys]

@@ronjones1077 you dont seem to understand what unions are

[@FlexSZN23]

The FAA is already it’s own thing, yes it’s under the umbrella of the DOT but it’s in own agency. Has a separate building and everything. It’s not like NHTSA or FMCSA which shares HQ with DOT’s main office.

[@leibmenter2331]

I really appreciate your objectivity when covering this.

[@howebrad4601]

Talking politics is very risky, but you did a very fair, even handed job of talking both pro and con of the various policies. Great job on this video!

[@michaelkimber6203]

Thanks Petter. An interesting analysis 👌 (as always)

[@javacup912]

One of the problems with Boeing is that they have spread themselves too thin in try to enter and manage, many markets, as in the past there was MD, Norton, Lockheed, General Dynamics, etc, and most of those have been absorbed in one form or another by Boeing, or have disappear from the market. On the ATC issue, training new controllers, though a solution, it's not something that can be fixed in the very near future, as it takes money, time, and the right candidates, with a lot of the current controllers, are from the 1980 famous Reagan firings, which means many possible retirements coming up. A faster solution to ATC and traffic saturation is to reduce flights in overly congested areas. I work for a major US airline, and know that most airlines have too many flights from a point A, to a point B, and that all those flights are not at capacity. So, if you have 7 flights from the same departure and destination points with 15-20% empty seats, reducing that frequency to 4, or 5, could keep the airplane full, and fewer flight to handle by ATC. The more "relaxed" scheduling would also help the new hires to get in the groove, learn and adapt. Sounds like a win-win, but I'm not either an airline CEO, or a bean counter. Going with private ATC in the US, will be a hard sell, though very doable.

[@stewartsmith1947]

GM was too big to fail ,we bailed them out and they still build junk .

[@caterinamazzucco8930]

Absolutely beautifully discussed and much appreciated!

[@Foxkitosflies]

Peter talking about Mil aviation makes me happy thank you

[@linoalves5274]

Very well presented. Nice to see topics presented without bias. I enjoy your videos. Please keep up the good work.

[@j.d.4697]

Simple, he will build the best planes ever, nobody will have ever seen such planes, they will be the planest planes ever made in history. And Mexico will pay for them.

[@ИванТаранов-л8е]

I just spilled my covfefe

[@Cursory3]

If you aren't a comedian you should consider it!

[@Michealschatbox]

We MAGA approve of this humor 😂. Good one 👍🏾

[@sayorancode]

don't forget he will make crashing illegal so the planes can safest in the world so safe they make boeing safe

[@seanseoltoir]

Your TDS is showing...

[@unusualcomment9731]

Most of general aviation in France happend at uncontrolled airfields hence the pretty low cost of it. Making a touch-and-go or a stop to a regulated airport is much more expensive.

[@Chris_at_Home]

We have five private airstrips within a few miles of our home. There are also two public airports within five miles. Both of them are uncontrolled.

[@jeffs2809]

Even at uncontrolled airports in the US, there may still be some amount of equipment that is owned and maintained by the FAA and their technicians. I would guess there would be a desire to recoup some of the expenses associated with their upkeep. The original plan, that was being proposed a while back, involved transferring a significant portion of the gov owned equipment to the public/private corporation. One overall company with the majority of employees being former gov employees that were direct transfers. Overseen (inspected) by current govt employees. I don’t remember all of the details exactly, it was several hundred pages. Personally, I’m envisioning a public/private entity that works something like the US postal system or Amtrak….raising prices constantly and still needing billions of federal funds each year to keep going.

[@Chris_at_Home]

@ Many uncontrolled small airports have both cameras and weather stations that can be viewed online. Also they have remote radios called RCOs that are connected to the regional FSS. I worked for a contractor turning up satellite links for the FAA all over Alaska for a few years. I also worked at the regional FSS , at ZAN and ZSE near Seattle. Then I worked for a communications company that had FAA RCOs and RCAGs at our sites that we maintained .

[@jeffs2809]

@ not many camera remote controlled airports in the USA, at least not the lower 48. The RCO’s are still out there, but a LOT of them have been turned off. Again, lower 48, AK has always been a different thing due to the nature of place. My understanding is that most of the functions that were once done through the RCO’s & FSS, is now being done via the internet.

[@Chris_at_Home]

@ The cameras are just for weather observations. They only update every 10-15 minutes on a slow data circuit.

[@Saml01]

Privatized ATC in the US means something completely different than what Eurocontrol has established because the intentions were different. Think about how many many countries are involved. I can see the reason to split off the FAA from the NTSB but don't breakout ATC. There's a very good reason why power and public transport in this country are not private companies but instead private owned municipally run entities. Any other way, and profit will become the mission statement.

[@veikkopunkka]

...but airlines are public transport companies and they are mostly privately owned in the US

[@rogueninja1685]

Elons ATC will be run on a corner cutting skeleton crew that will charge more and give most of it to the kleptocracy. We are in a new age of never seen before corruption and I would be incredibly concerned to fly again in US airspace until these evil people are shown the door. The LAST thing they will concern themselves with is safety

[@Saml01]

@@veikkopunkka Public transportation = bus and train.

[@tin2001]

​@@Saml01 Not it doesn't. I think you're meaning local mass transit systems, not public transport.

[@nomore6167]

"There's a very good reason why power and public transport in this country are not private companies but instead private owned municipally run entities" - Neither power nor public transport are municipally-run entities. They are privately-owned, privately-run entities. There may be some form of regulation for some of them, but that's completely different than "private owned municipally run". But your overall point is accurate -- in the U.S., 99+% of the time, privatization means profit above all else. Boeing is a prime example of that.

[@AntonioOrtiz-g1u]

Privatising ATS is a double edged sword. It might improve efficiency but at the expense of service and in some cases, safety. In almost all cases it implies less pay, less working force and more fatigue for ATC. Being a very rookie PPL here in Spain, where Towers in most medium and small size airports have been privatised, I still can tell you that the services for GA will likely be affected for the worst. It is not uncommon not being able to fly because they’ve reached the arrival/departure capacity (which is not a really high number and you can definitely get squeezed in) because they’re understaffed. Another thing which is outrageous is the permanent closure by NOTAM of Malaga airspace to VFR flights (it is huge and class D btw so it should allow it in any case). These, I believe, are examples of what privatisation can do to GA. Good luck to y’all.

[@barrybadenhorst8497]

Great work as always Petr. I look forward to a follow up next year

[@paulstandaert5709]

When Boeing cannot even get their software to read two separate angle of attack sensors for redundancy, with no limits on the trim allowed.... they are right down there with the DMV service centers. Every automobile with throttle by wire has such redundancy built into it. Easy to do. Boeing needs a major shake-up if it hasn't happened already.

[@cindyknudson2715]

DEI didn't/doesn't improve the situation.

[@tin2001]

​@@cindyknudson2715 No. It certainly doesn't. But in Boeing's case, I think the bean counting, penny pinching culture is a far bigger issue. The DEI is probably only about 5-10% of their problems at most.

[@tedwalford7615]

As a U.S. American, this topic is very relevant. But your analysis on this, from outside the U.S. is all I've seen anywhere. Thank you!

[@tallen6641]

Consumer protections. Gone. That stuff was not welcomed in the financial sector under his last term and all the new stuff that’s come out since will surely get wiped out vocally against all of it. But I have to hand it to you. I normally can’t sit through this kind of discussion, but you made it very easy to deal with. Most of American media could take a lesson. Bravo.

[@TewaQuebec]

I’m not looking forward to $200 change fees again

[@PascalGienger]

One of the top questions entered into Google after tariffs tariffs tariffs was "How do tariffs work".

[@karthikmahesh2182]

This is professionally done. On par with AviationWeek content and opinionated as personal content should be.

[@mathewferstl7042]

One thing you forgot is their satellite manufacturing business which provides a lot of key civilian and US military sats

[@larrydugan1441]

When Canada privatized ATC the controllers did very well financially. It was a monopoly that could charge what it wanted. The same for airports in Canada, which have some of the highest costs in the world. Privatized monopolies. It is very expensive to fly in Canada with taxes and fees often exceeding the ticket cost.

[@taxirob2248]

The US isn't Canada though, just ask any right winger why we don't have single payer healthcare in the US and they'll gladly remind you of that.

[@larrydugan1441]

@taxirob2248 I was speaking of what happens when aviation assets are privatized. Health care in Canada is in a terrible state. Let's get back to an aviation discussion.

[@taxirob2248]

@@larrydugan1441 healthcare as an employee benefit is an input cost for their employers, so it is very relevant when we are talking about privatization as current government employee plans are better than most private ones. And what's wrong with healthcare in Canada exactly? Got some anecdotal long wait time stories for us? I can find just as many about Americans with private insurance, including people I know personally.

[@larrydugan1441]

@taxirob2248 yawn. There is no defending Canadian health care. That is a rabbit hole. Let's get back to aviation.

[@vividthespis]

Stay on topic please. This is an aviation channel.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

He's probably gonna tariff Embraer to help Boeing. Funnily enough the US used tariffs to industrialize, then created an international organization to sanction anyone who used tariffs to protect their own industries, and now that they aren't competitive they'll use them again.

[@mohamadtayara3380]

He does that, and he empowers the Chinese aviation industry as he did with Airbus and Bombardier!!

[@aspiringcaptain]

@@mohamadtayara3380yeah and that’s a huge problem because it is way more easier to acquire Airbus. And if that one Chinese aerospace company gains more leverage and trust, it may also come around to steal some Boeing clients.

[@joshua43214]

Tariffs like the Marshal Plan? Where we agreed to crippling tariffs on US good so that Europe could recover? Much of the EU (and Japan) still imposes huge tariffs on US goods to protect their own industries. Free trade is a great thing provided it really is free trade.

[@Pearly44-nm7kn]

Boeing nearly bought Embraer once before. Maybe this gets that deal done for them.

[@jjfkm]

I highly doubt that. I don’t think Embraer is even a major competitor to Boeing especially as the Scope Clause all but bans the new E-jets in the US. And even if it was, Boeing is a major exporter so I’d say it has more to lose than to win if there is an all out tariff war or airliners (I guarantee that if the US would put tariffs of foreign made airliners there would be retaliatory tariffs affecting Boeing.

[@sagalyusuf1991]

As always, thank you Mentor Pilot. Well done!

[@ShannonKWard]

Really appreciated this analysis, thanks!

[@shawnrimmell750]

Great content! We need to have the ability to talk honestly about difficult topics

[@MentourNow]

That’s what I’m trying to do

[@tomstravels520]

This comment section is gonna get spicy

[@ajs41]

I've already received an email from Mentour Pilot criticising some of the comments and asking people to cool down.

[@melloyello6464]

why is everyone afraid of some spice

[@GeoffPeterson33]

I’m ok with “spicy” until it devolves into a dichotomous echo chamber of left vs right, red vs blue, orange vs sleepy, etc…. If people could just stick to facts and personal experience without all the emotionally charged rhetoric, that would be great.

[@Cursory3]

@@GeoffPeterson33 I agree but people tend to get very emotional and turn defensive.

[@sayorancode]

@@GeoffPeterson33 how about left vs center vs right ?

[@iwolchuckup]

Something worth remembering is Trump can't do most of these things on his own, he needs congress. And while the Republicans do have the majority there as well, it's a fairly slim majority. It only takes a few Republican senators or a handful of representatives to keep a bill from passing and those people will be up for re-election sooner. It's a near certainty that these things as well as tariffs will be negotiated out and either never happen or be significantly different than the proposals we're seeing now.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

The problem is that the ones that arent loyel enough to not do what he says may have been changed Are the people there gonna tell him to not nuke a hurricane or are they yes men?

[@benoithudson7235]

The tariffs don’t need congressional action. Privatizing ATC does, along with various other things he wants to do, but he can fling tariffs around all day. It would take congressional action to *prevent* him from doing so.

[@BernardoLizcano]

All your videos ere excellent. Good themes, well developed, well explained and a very professional narration. Congratulations. I love Boeing despite the downs.

[@F.I.DMedia]

Awesome video as always Mentour! But this was a very special one, THANK YOU!

[@theflyingfrog]

Straight to the comments…😂

[@rose415]

Trump thought bitcoin was a scam UNTIL his largest donor said he likes bitcoin (peter Theil)

[@benoithudson7235]

Scammers often denounce scams that they aren’t a part of. It builds them some credibility with their marks.

[@asleepawake3645]

well, trump IS the scammer's choice and role model after all 😂

[@m.cigledy6769]

Not from an aviation perspective, but just a general consumer. China exports are HORRIBLE, to the point that they should just put a trash dumpster instead of a packaging machine at the end of their production lines to save transportation costs. Sure, you can get a pair of shoes for $20, but they wear out in 3 weeks and end up in landfill. The overall cost is higher when you buy 10 cheap items rather than one good item.

[@MsJubjubbird]

A lot of high end brands make items in China. High performance sports shoes, designer clothes, furniture and rugs. Just depends on how much the brand spends on rae materials and the manufacturing process. Plus some people also pay for the brand.

[@omirlino]

Spinning ATC off of the FAA I am fine with, privatizing not so much

[@KevinHagan-e7w]

As always I feel a bit smarter after watching your video. You handled a tricky subject with a lot of finesse.

[@SRVUNPLUGED-zm1jw]

I'm a retired Boeing Employee of 36 years I currently draw attention it's my opinion that no company is too big to fail including Boeing they have totally mismanaged every aspect of the company I'm the only one that's benefiting because stock prices are going up are the shareholders to me it's a scam I have personally seen some of the subcontracted parts that fall far below the quality standards I'm used to seeing all of the talk of layoffs and subcontracting Parts have artificially kept their stock alive I believe if you tie the announcements with layoffs subcontracting you'll see the stock market goes up...

[@DonsAvionics-ev6dz]

We already saw the results in the U.S.A. when we did have private Air Traffic Control... Not good. General Aviation would be crushed. Over 90 percent of my flight time is at airports with no tower control in my private aircraft. The fuel tax that I pay on Aviation fuel helps the airlines regarding Air Traffic Control. The ramp fees I pay at some airports helps the FBO and the county airport. Let's not kill GA in the U.S.A.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Very concerned about promised deregulation (especially safety/maintenance) and targeting/cost-cutting agencies like the NTSB and FAA. Some things you really shouldn’t deregulate as regs often exist for a good reason. I’d like to say such fear is unfounded, but it’s most definitely not.

[@andrasbiro3007]

Deregulation targets overregulation and harmful regulations. At lest that's the idea.

[@NChambernator]

@@andrasbiro3007 Even Elon said they might not get it right the first time. Imagine at what cost that will come. Think Trumps voters will hold him accountable when we see hyper inflation and our education become non existent?

[@mediocreman2]

Cutting wasteful spending is not the same as deregulating. Deregulation allows businesses to thrive, which benefits everyone. Cutting wasteful spending does not necessarily mean a decrease in safety. The government is currently unsafe in many aspects and is bloated. So having more money and more employees hasn't done anything great for safety either.

[@andrasbiro3007]

@@NChambernator The cost is the same as with his businesses: few days of internet drama. The rest is your delusion.

[@robhaywood6783]

this is why I love this channel

[@aurorajones8481]

Boeing holds quite a bit of Majestic Tech very few people here know about. That has a knock on effect for the company for continued safe keeping.

[@PatrickBurford1]

Think you’re also forgetting that trump forced Boeing to renegotiate the Air Force One contracts. Now fixed price and a great source of financial pain for Boeing

[@valkyrie013]

That was Boeings own fault. They didn't work out all the kinks in the plan now it came back and bit them. Besides there are other cost plus contracts that there milking

[@patricktuggles4815]

That was Boeing's fault lol

[@PatrickBurford1]

@@valkyrie013 them making money from other contracts doesn’t negate the fact trump made Boeing promise they wouldn’t cost over $2B each

[@PatrickBurford1]

@@patricktuggles4815 trump forcing the CEO to promise they wouldn’t cost over $2B each was Boeing fault? Ok sure 😂

[@patricktuggles4815]

@ why would you as a company try to listen to what someone that doesn't operate it tell you how to price something lol

[@BillyKirbyUK]

No company is too big to fail. Look at Kodak, Honeywell, Borders, IBM etc etc - the list goes on and on. Too many to mention

[@emfmuffin1153]

Um. Most of the banks after 2008?

[@likebot.]

IBM?

[@dannydaw59]

Has Honeywell ever had a fall from grace like IBM?

[@DanS-dc5vu]

Honeywell and Borders Books lol

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

It is funny how a lot of people in the comment section are against privatization even though the EU has done it and y'all don't see an issue with that. Y'all like to say the US should be more like the EU and when it does y'all are complaining? Privatization is not always a bad thing if done properly. Having the people have more control over regulation on how things are run is better rather than the government having all of the control.

[@unusualcomment9731]

If you believe in Trump to do it properly then you better believe in God! In France ATC is set up by state (DGAC) and while it is effectively founded by airlines I see it more like a tax. That's not really what I would call private sector since there are no competition between different ATC's. Highways and train have been given to private sector though and I strongly believe it has been detrimental to consumers.

[@sayorancode]

well Europe is very different from the USA. also if the gov't was democratic then gov't control means peoples control

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

@ First you moving the post. Y’all love to say US should be EU and now complaining that they do the same thing in Europe. Second, American is a republic not a democracy. It’s for the balance of people and the government. Third, just because you democracy doesn’t mean not mean there can’t be government big and overreach of government powers. China has democratic elections, but the government almost controls everything. Same with Russia and Europe. And one closer to home Canada has democratic elections but the Canada is overbearing on there people. Also, many people are irrational when it comes to voting and they easily sway by a charismatic leader or political idea that sounds good, but doesn’t actually stand up the problem it tries to solve.

[@rynovoski]

Europe also tends to have any regulation to speak of. I can’t think of a single positive example of privatization.

[@homerl7]

You have to remember that EU is not a country. That means that private companies that work for EU as a whole can be checked by 27 different governments at any moment and they can publicly talk about it in the EU parliament. If the private company tries to "play games" and becomes corrupted in consultation with, let's say, 2 different countries there are still 25 governments to check what's going on. And that's only the countries that are in the Union. In the USA we are talking about one government and one private company, things can easily get out of hand with that combination. Life can become much harder for ATC controllers, general aviation pilots etc just for the sake of one company's profit.

[@csndre]

I would like to applaud the Tee-Shirt you chose for today's topic. Positivity is always appreciated. 😉

[@deepsixman]

As a GA pilot I'm worried about the elimination of the National Weather Service and therefore the impact on aviation weather reporting. Any chance of a video on your thoughts there?

[@maxsmodels]

How did blocking that merger between JetBlue and Spirit workout for the customers? Spirit is in bankruptcy and JetBlue is still losing money. Good move judge, you really helped out the low price customers.

[@PatBateman-n8w]

and he glossed over the profitability of drone production going forward, the benefits of separating FAA from DOT, the DEI reasons behind ATC incompetence... but yea this was "neutral"

[@robertpierce1981]

Price shopping is an unstoppable pandemic. We want high wages and cheap goods. When domestic companies find that making goods elsewhere and shipping them back increases their profits there isn’t much reason to stay. Tariffs are the only way to stem the tide of imported goods and force companies to bring factories back to the USA. The only building I see around me for the last 15 and more years is warehouses. It’s difficult to drive an economy forwards when all your money is going somewhere else.

[@nickl5658]

Just remember... the company making the profits is still American. US companies usually have a tax deals in their host nations. So they pay no tax or lower tax rate than native companies. All your money is not going anywhere but to US companies. We (natives) certainly do not see it. All we natives get, is job experience making goods for American consumers. Often we cannot translate that work experience to home made products due to the massive among of US patents. Only the chinese have managed to push their native technology far enough that they can compete.

[@23_amritsrivastava12]

Wow. An absolutely wonderful video.

[@MentourNow]

Thank you very much!

[@TitaniumTurbine]

@@MentourNow Yes, great job as always! Perfectly unpolarized and neutral.

[@mattevans4377]

You made a very good point about tankers not needing to be civilian aircraft. Lockheed Martin, for example, do have experience with military cargo aircraft, which can be perfectly capable tankers

[@cameronramm778]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this.

[@brianuuuSonicReborn]

0:00 new reporters faces when Trump win will never not be hilarious

[@michaelfrost1310]

Don’t you worry, Peter. Things will be just fine. Trump was president once before and the sky didn’t fall then.

[@MsJubjubbird]

He didn't know how to navigate the checks and balances around him then. He's got it all worked out now. Even then, his last presidency was a total disaster as soon as there was any hint of a crisis.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Trump tryed to nuke a hurrican... Thankfully his cabinet wasnt as crazy Trump has also made comments that if they vote for him this one time they wont have to vote again....

[@joelimbergamo639]

Sure, but we fot a 15% deficit followed by a 20% inflation. Sure the sky didn't fall but things got really bad

[@sammorgan31]

@@MsJubjubbird No, it wasn't anything close to a disaster. That's why the majority voted him back in.

[@gerhardma4687]

@@sammorgan31 No, they re-elected him because they are even more stupid than Trump himself. And that's really hard.

[@krozareq]

The free market requires failure. When companies feel safe and aren't innovative, then they need to free up room in the marketplace for someone else to come in.

[@RobinTaters]

And this is why free market anarchists have no place in any ATC functions, or any other public safety functions, we the people should not tolerate free market "failures" aka incompetence to gamble with our lives on some airy fairy notion of it "freeing up space" for mere competition.

[@JeffP-h8u]

Good balanced presentation

[@stufreeland5709]

When you have objectives that you see as essential to achieve then you will try to motivate the other players by whatever means you have available to you. Tariffs as a motivational tool can easily be rescinded when the objective is achieved.

[@peteallennh]

First thing Trump should do for aviation is to double the salaries of air traffic controllers.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@peteallennh you know he only gives raises to himself.

[@taxirob2248]

I sense he has something else entirely in mind

[@simonsena1378]

​@@taxirob2248 I'm not sure there is a mind. I think there is a blown light bulb.

[@jeromethiel4323]

@@simonsena1378 I love that mindset. And yet he won, what does that say about YOUR candidate?!? That they are less qualified than a blown light bulb? Sure. Keep thinking that.

[@DJ-bh1ju]

The US is $35 TRILLION in debt. Our debt payments alone are more than most countries' annual budgets. With everyone yelling for more funding and subsidies for their pet projects, it isn't likely that experimental fuels for airlines are going to get much attention.

[@doctorquestian]

Who do we actually owe the debt to? Do we not owe it to the Federal Reserve Bank? Was that the same bank that produced money from nothing and then turned around and charged us interest on it? Is not the federal reserve bank tied directly to the bank of England? In fact, it's not every single bank of every country tied into our federal reserve bank? I think that if you ask the majority of Americans about the federal reserve bank, they'll likely think it is one of the branches of the government. They don't teach it in high school anymore. There is a movement a foot in the world today outside the United States to combat the American Dollar, and to unseat it as the popular world currency.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Does that mean that the department of education has to be defunded? No becose thats ****** The us has dept Other countrys have lived with a higher gdp to dept ratio Starting to defunt stuff wont end well

[@tin2001]

​@@nikolaideianov5092 Yes. The federal department of education should be deleted. Same as I say for my country... It's a waste of money, and doesn't actually achieve anything at all. States ran their education departments just fine for many decades without a federal education department.

[@kenwhitfield219]

I am glad you told the real truth about who pays for tariffs imposed punitively. Too many Americans have been bamboozled by Trump on this issue.

[@chrisforte9894]

It's gonna be interesting to see how things unfold.

[@sayorancode]

just look at trumps last term

[@vizsla54]

Thanks for the informed analysis.

[@Kunfucious577]

There is nothing that’s too big to fail. That’s how corruption starts to hurt the smaller guys. Competition will determine who the best is.

[@jordanhildebrandt3705]

I appreciate the objective approach here! Very refreshing! My speculation is that we will see some additional tariffs, chiefly against China, and that many of the tariff threats will be used as negotiation leverage, resulting in concessions from various countries that will benefit the United States, but will avoid ongoing tariff and trade wars. Hopefully, deregulation and lower tax rates will offset any price increases from tariffs. The us government is so enormous. Budget cuts are long overdue. There is much that could be cut. With any luck, deep cuts to extraneous government will be an economic boon. Remains to be seen how it all works out. Hopefully it turns out well.

[@rhkips]

I really think we need to elect an adorable fat little penguin as the next next President of Earth. Would it fix anything? No, probably not. Would it make anything worse? No, probably not. There would just be an adorable fat little penguin, and we as a species would, even if for just a moment, have to stop and acknowledge that.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

"You know, FDR, 16 years - almost 16 years - he was four terms. I don't know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?" Trump asked the NRA crowd. "I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote,"-Trump

[@pilotdad2417]

because you shitocrats are rigging everything! we want free and clear elections 80 million people decided against the lefts big government control. trump will drain the poisikn from the deep state snakes and once hes done we can have a cheater less vote!

[@bcsr4ever]

Chaos. Same as last time.

[@rogerpenske2411]

If a secure border, a stable economy, the fear and respect of worldwide tin horns, and then astute acumen about how government should work, the elimination of an out of control and unaccountable, FBI, and throwing criminal, prosecutors, guilty of prosecutorial, malfeasance, and corrupt judges for judicial malfeasance, is chaos,then bring on Bernie Koppel.

[@vandalMav]

As an US Private Pilot--I agree that $100-$200/year for ATC fees would be fine by me

[@MrKen59]

Project 2025 is not trumps plan - he’s said that time and time again. Also, I believe his issue with tariffs was to mirror what others do to us, and finally - we don’t have the money to support the world’s green deal. Our debt is out of control already and we simply can’t sustain things as is. Just an opinion from a regular human.

[@tin2001]

Yeah. I was kind of surprised to hear him say that when he normally researches the F out of things before making a video. Trump does have some policies that happen to closely align with 2025, but he was never involved with it, and doesn't support several ideas in it.

[@elgordoloney5743]

Ahhhh yes, good Ole donny would never lie... Im Glad to be living outside the USA... I will check in with you in 12months...good luck, u will need it!

[@steewith2ees14]

Its nice to see a video that acknowledges how unfairly the President was criticised during his first term - as the only World Leader to immediately ground the Max following the 2 crashes he forced the rest of the world to follow suit, something many forget about.

[@imatt6566]

Less expensive fuel, food, a stronger dollar and borders with relevance. I also expect him to assist in ending some of the global conflicts quickly and methodically.

[@MasterChief37]

How does the president make petrol and food cheaper? Especially when he’s going to be deporting all the workers from those industries as part of making your borders stronger?

[@MrPhoenix357]

You clearly weren't paying attention....

[@acefighterpilot]

I love how poor your grasp of macroeconomics is! We want the dollar to be WEAK! Weak currencies drive foreign investment. The fact that the dollar is weaker than the Euro is why Europe invests in America and not the other way around. The only benefit you have to a strong currency is being able to live like a king on an overseas trip. Weak currencies drive foreign investment, it's macroeconomics 101! China has kept their currency artificially weak to drive foreign investment for decades.

[@markmorgenstern]

thanks for the links to your merch! I wanna support, love your work! but what I really want is a little model plane in your livery :) like the one next to you on your desk there!

[@mariovuksanovic5077]

Trump said being back the 757... I love the 757...I would like to see that!!

[@Fay7666]

My takeaway from the video is that the government _really_ hates JetBlue.

[@taxirob2248]

So do I.

[@WNRD1983]

i mean who doesn't

[@Blacksunaeon]

Bro .. American here.... we dont have the money anymore to fund these environmental initiatives. We're broke.

[@andylane247]

If you think you're broke now, wait to mother nature gets going with her global warming effects...

[@rynovoski]

Maybe we should stop spending an absurd amount on our military. We’re broke? Are you kidding? Have you seen the size of the budget and the incredibly low tax burden on corporations and the rich? We have money. We give it away.

[@Michael.Chapman]

Sorry to burst the aviation focus--as a person who has voted for over 45 years, I believe the candidate was as close as possible to being unfit to hold ANY office--let alone the presidency of a historically problematic state that bristles with nuclear weaponry. 'It' isn't like us normal working people--'it's' deaf to the evidence-base. It operates entirely--on a self-interested basis--it is completely unpredictable, frightening.

[@DanS-dc5vu]

It’s time to be happy not scared Mike! Merry Christmas! So excited for 2025. Have a great day Mr. Chapman.

[@MrTaffiny1]

Did you vote for the corpse currently pretending to be President?

[@cesarm1347]

Your content is so good