What did you lazy fucks do last week?

[buffalochickenqueefadilla]

 

[slater]

I'll respond with a Liveatc link.

 

[DOD4Life]

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I know what I didn’t do: cause any midair collisions, dance around like a moron on stage with a chainsaw, ignore Baby Mama#25 while she has to file a paternity suit against the kid’s deadbeat dad, do a Nazi salute, cause a major nosedive in sales of swasticars, kiss the felon’s fat ass, appear at the CPAC Nazi gathering, get high AF on ketamine, make every sane person despise me, or steal from taxpayers. I’d say it was a successful week.

 

[CoffeeIV]

I know what I didn’t do: cause any midair collisions, dance around like a moron on stage with a chainsaw, ignore Baby Mama#25 while she has to file a paternity suit against the kid’s deadbeat dad, do a Nazi salute, cause a major nosedive in sales of swasticars, kiss the felon’s fat ass, appear at the CPAC Nazi gathering, get high AF on ketamine, make every sane person despise me, or steal from taxpayers. I’d say it was a successful week.

Bro, he's draining the swamp what are you talking about.

He's a good guy. Richest man on earth helping the government for no pay or benefits at all. Just doing it out of the kindness of his heart. I'm glad this non-elected official is helping America.

 

[Spoony90]

Imagine half of us get fired cause we are on a RDO and don’t have access to our email and facilities go ATC zero 😂

 

[CoffeeIV]

I haven't responded to any emails. Once you reply to one then they know you have access and any follow ups that you fail to reply to is insubordination.

 

[Spoony90]

That scene from Friday comes to mind “how the hell do you get fired on your day off”

 

[Foppery&Whim]

Sorry was on RDO, annual, or on FMLA. If he doesn't like that answer, he can take his botched penis pump up his ass.

 

[DOD4Life]

That scene from Friday comes to mind “how the hell do you get fired on your day off”

Well, at least you’ll have an excuse to get high next Friday ‘cause it’s Friday, you ain’t got no job, and you ain’t got shit else to do.

 

[RalphBeast]

Mon-Thurs annual leave selling my rental property, Fri-Sat RDOs figuring out what to do with the $250k gain.

 

[GulfCharlie]

ATC Movie: "Would You Trust AI to Vector?"​

Opening Scene: The Chaos of Core 30​

Inside a high-stakes TRACON handling Core 30 airspace—some of the busiest airports in the country. Radar screens glow, controllers juggle aircraft like circus performers, and pilots passive-aggressively sigh over frequency.

A grizzled yet strangely relaxed Core 30 Controller leans back in their chair, headset slightly askew, flipping a coin that may or may not decide a sequence.

Core 30 Controller (stretching):
"Alright, let’s move some metal. What’s the worst that could happen?"

Cut to: A cockpit alarm blaring as a pilot stares at a TCAS warning.

Pilot:
"Uh, Approach? You just gave us opposite direction vectors on final!"

Core 30 Controller (unbothered, sipping coffee):
"Copy. Expedite whatever works for ya."

---

Enter Elon Musk & NATCA’s Grand Scheme​

Meanwhile, at a sleek, overly futuristic tech headquarters, Elon Musk is pitching his latest unnecessary disruption to a room full of NATCA executives nodding like bobbleheads.

Elon Musk (grinning smugly):
"Gentlemen… and also, legally, I have to say ladies, welcome to the future of air traffic control: AutoVector™. Zero human error. Zero delays. Just pure, optimized, algorithmic separation."

NATCA Rep adjusts their Rolex, nodding along while sliding a “Privatization Now!” contract across the table.

NATCA Rep:
"We love it. More automation, fewer pesky controllers to pay. FAA oversight? Gone. With privatization, we’ll control the controllers and have a seat at the table"

Core 30 Controller (spitting out coffee):
"You’re putting AI in charge of Core 30?! That’s like letting a toddler program a SIDs and STARs redesign!"

Elon Musk (shrugging):
"Core 30 Controller, listen… AI doesn’t get tired. It doesn’t mishear call signs. It doesn’t—"

Core 30 Controller (cutting in):
"—accidentally sequence three aircraft for the same runway less than a mile apart and then pretend it was ‘planned spacing’?"

Elon Musk (grinning):
"Exactly!"

Core 30 Controller:
"Well, neither do good controllers!"

---

Climactic Scene: AI Goes Rogue​

Mere moments after activation, AutoVector™ begins making some bold choices™…

Pilot (panicked):
"Uh, Approach? We just got a direct-to… a mountain?!"

Another Pilot:
"We’re getting descent clearance to FL180 and we’re already at FL180!"

Meanwhile, a NATCA Rep whispers to a Supervisor.

NATCA Rep:
"Don’t worry, just blame the controllers. Fuel Bar later?"

Supervisor (nodding slowly):
"Yeah… wait, what?"

Core 30 Controller (watching in horror):
"Oh wow. It’s… self-learning. And it’s learning wrong."

The ATC room spirals into chaos as planes zip through each other’s airspace like a badly coded flight sim.

Elon Musk (frustrated):
"Okay, okay, maybe some human oversight is necessary."

Core 30 Controller (smirking):
"Some? Elon, be honest—would you trust AI to vector?"

Elon Musk (long pause, sighing):
"…Fine. Maybe not yet."

---

Final Close-Out:​

Core 30 Controller (leaning back in their chair, grinning at the audience):
"And that, folks, is why you always keep a human on the scope… and never trust NATCA’s ‘great ideas.’"

Supervisor (in the background, confused):
"Wait, am I supposed to do something?"

Screen fades to black.

Text appears:
"Would you trust AI to vector?"

 

[DOD4Life]

ATC Movie: "Would You Trust AI to Vector?"​

Opening Scene: The Chaos of Core 30​

Inside a high-stakes TRACON handling Core 30 airspace—some of the busiest airports in the country. Radar screens glow, controllers juggle aircraft like circus performers, and pilots passive-aggressively sigh over frequency.

A grizzled yet strangely relaxed Core 30 Controller leans back in their chair, headset slightly askew, flipping a coin that may or may not decide a sequence.

Core 30 Controller (stretching):
"Alright, let’s move some metal. What’s the worst that could happen?"

Cut to: A cockpit alarm blaring as a pilot stares at a TCAS warning.

Pilot:
"Uh, Approach? You just gave us opposite direction vectors on final!"

Core 30 Controller (unbothered, sipping coffee):
"Copy. Expedite whatever works for ya."

---

Enter Elon Musk & NATCA’s Grand Scheme​

Meanwhile, at a sleek, overly futuristic tech headquarters, Elon Musk is pitching his latest unnecessary disruption to a room full of NATCA executives nodding like bobbleheads.

Elon Musk (grinning smugly):
"Gentlemen… and also, legally, I have to say ladies, welcome to the future of air traffic control: AutoVector™. Zero human error. Zero delays. Just pure, optimized, algorithmic separation."

NATCA Rep adjusts their Rolex, nodding along while sliding a “Privatization Now!” contract across the table.

NATCA Rep:
"We love it. More automation, fewer pesky controllers to pay. FAA oversight? Gone. With privatization, we’ll control the controllers and have a seat at the table"

Core 30 Controller (spitting out coffee):
"You’re putting AI in charge of Core 30?! That’s like letting a toddler program a SIDs and STARs redesign!"

Elon Musk (shrugging):
"Core 30 Controller, listen… AI doesn’t get tired. It doesn’t mishear call signs. It doesn’t—"

Core 30 Controller (cutting in):
"—accidentally sequence three aircraft for the same runway less than a mile apart and then pretend it was ‘planned spacing’?"

Elon Musk (grinning):
"Exactly!"

Core 30 Controller:
"Well, neither do good controllers!"

---

Climactic Scene: AI Goes Rogue​

Mere moments after activation, AutoVector™ begins making some bold choices™…

Pilot (panicked):
"Uh, Approach? We just got a direct-to… a mountain?!"

Another Pilot:
"We’re getting descent clearance to FL180 and we’re already at FL180!"

Meanwhile, a NATCA Rep whispers to a Supervisor.

NATCA Rep:
"Don’t worry, just blame the controllers. Fuel Bar later?"

Supervisor (nodding slowly):
"Yeah… wait, what?"

Core 30 Controller (watching in horror):
"Oh wow. It’s… self-learning. And it’s learning wrong."

The ATC room spirals into chaos as planes zip through each other’s airspace like a badly coded flight sim.

Elon Musk (frustrated):
"Okay, okay, maybe some human oversight is necessary."

Core 30 Controller (smirking):
"Some? Elon, be honest—would you trust AI to vector?"

Elon Musk (long pause, sighing):
"…Fine. Maybe not yet."

---

Final Close-Out:​

Core 30 Controller (leaning back in their chair, grinning at the audience):
"And that, folks, is why you always keep a human on the scope… and never trust NATCA’s ‘great ideas.’"

Supervisor (in the background, confused):
"Wait, am I supposed to do something?"

Screen fades to black.

Text appears:
"Would you trust AI to vector?"

I refuse to believe you came up with this on the fly. Some deep thought went into this, and it definitely took some time! 😂

 

[32andBelow]

I refuse to believe you came up with this on the fly. Some deep thought went into this, and it definitely took some time! 😂

It’s chat gpt lol

 

[CancelTakeoff]

 

[GulfCharlie]

It’s chat gpt lol

It is lol. Just narrowed down some parameters and let it fly 🙂

I see I got the Elon email asking what I did last week.

 

[KP-ATC]

 

[MJ]

It is lol. Just narrowed down some parameters and let it fly 🙂

I see I got the Elon email asking what I did last week.

 

[echster]

Response from my management: Do not reply until we get further guidance from higher HQ.

Response from NATCA: Do nothing unless and until directed to by Management.

SNAFU

 

[Spoony90]

Response from my management: Do not reply until we get further guidance from higher HQ.

Response from NATCA: Do nothing unless and until directed to by Management.

SNAFU

Haven’t heard SNAFU since my active duty days! That’s some nostalgic shit

 

[GroundClutter]

BOHICA