Colleen Mondor
@chasingray.bsky.social
Aviation journalist, especially on Alaska. Never met a federal database I didn't love. "Probable Cause" newsletter is here: https://colleenmondor.substack.com/
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#35: I Can't Make the FAA Sexy
I’m smart. I’m a good writer. I can do a lot of things but making the Federal Aviation Administration sexy is not one of them.
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I can do a lot of things, but making the FAA sexy is not one of them.
Here's some thoughts on what it's like writing on commercial aviation safety & ATC & the FAA in 2025.
colleenmondor.substack.com/p/35-i-cant-...
Here's some thoughts on what it's like writing on commercial aviation safety & ATC & the FAA in 2025.
colleenmondor.substack.com/p/35-i-cant-...
Meanwhile, in Alaska…this is a heartbreaker.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Meanwhile, in Alaska…this is a heartbreaker.
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
Sixty years ago this week, Ralph Nader, then age 31, changed corporate and civic culture with his book 'Unsafe at Any Speed.'
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
Unsafe At Any Speed - Sixtieth Anniversary (1965-2025)
On the 60th anniversary of Unsafe at Any Speed we are asking those who want a stronger democracy to solve current crises to join with us in launching a new and enduring era of activism.
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sixty years ago this week, Ralph Nader, then age 31, changed corporate and civic culture with his book 'Unsafe at Any Speed.'
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
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This might lead to a resurgence in cookbook sales - people going back to something they know for sure was created by a real person.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This might lead to a resurgence in cookbook sales - people going back to something they know for sure was created by a real person.
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Please read this story by @willbunch.bsky.social of Maj. Hugh Thompson's heroic actions which prevented U.S. troops from continuing their massacre at My Lai. When Thompson testified before Congress, SC Rep. Rivers said that Thompson should be the only one punished.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Please read this story by @willbunch.bsky.social of Maj. Hugh Thompson's heroic actions which prevented U.S. troops from continuing their massacre at My Lai. When Thompson testified before Congress, SC Rep. Rivers said that Thompson should be the only one punished.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Has anyone seen the FAA administrator lately? While Sean Duffy is spending his time telling us all how to dress what is Bryan Bedford doing?
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Has anyone seen the FAA administrator lately? While Sean Duffy is spending his time telling us all how to dress what is Bryan Bedford doing?
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Please dress properly while we delay your flight.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Please dress properly while we delay your flight.
Based on the Star Wars commentary today, far too many of you are too young to have seen the original trilogy in the theater and your parents did not show you the movies on DVD when you were growing up.
Also, you missed the animated Clone Wars series during your youth.
I raised my kid right. 😃
Also, you missed the animated Clone Wars series during your youth.
I raised my kid right. 😃
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Based on the Star Wars commentary today, far too many of you are too young to have seen the original trilogy in the theater and your parents did not show you the movies on DVD when you were growing up.
Also, you missed the animated Clone Wars series during your youth.
I raised my kid right. 😃
Also, you missed the animated Clone Wars series during your youth.
I raised my kid right. 😃
I don’t even know how to write about Duffy’s obsession with how clothes on airplanes equates to patriotism but the minute he says pax can be removed from flights for not dressing right, people are going to lose their damn minds.
And yes, I think he’s headed in that direction.
And yes, I think he’s headed in that direction.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I don’t even know how to write about Duffy’s obsession with how clothes on airplanes equates to patriotism but the minute he says pax can be removed from flights for not dressing right, people are going to lose their damn minds.
And yes, I think he’s headed in that direction.
And yes, I think he’s headed in that direction.
Badass pilot photo for the win!
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Badass pilot photo for the win!
Absolute proof that the people running the FAA have learned nothing from the failures of Advanced Automation and NextGen.
avbrief.com/faa-issues-r...
avbrief.com/faa-issues-r...
FAA Issues Request for Information on New ATC System - AvBrief.com
It wants to bring two existing systems under a Common Automation Platform.
avbrief.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Absolute proof that the people running the FAA have learned nothing from the failures of Advanced Automation and NextGen.
avbrief.com/faa-issues-r...
avbrief.com/faa-issues-r...
I am really really really not subscribing to Vanity Fair.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I am really really really not subscribing to Vanity Fair.
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“This raises so many questions,” Risen told me. “Did this guy tell his editors he might have stuff on Trump and Epstein?
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“This raises so many questions,” Risen told me. “Did this guy tell his editors he might have stuff on Trump and Epstein?
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
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a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
Rather than address how & why politics has infected the FAA, the WaPo suggests waving a magic wand with privatization & making it all go away.
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Privatize air traffic control
Safely directing thousands of commercial flights every day is too important to be left to politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Rather than address how & why politics has infected the FAA, the WaPo suggests waving a magic wand with privatization & making it all go away.
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Still thinking about Tatiana Schlossberg's essay hours after reading it. Just absolutely gut-wrenching and one of the most significant attacks against RFK Jr & his policies that I can imagine.
Good overview here if you are paywalled at @newyorker.com. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
Good overview here if you are paywalled at @newyorker.com. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
Tatiana Schlossberg, the Granddaughter of JFK and Jackie Kennedy, Shares News of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in Moving Essay
“Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it,” writes Schlossberg, who is the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, on the anniversary of Presiden...
www.townandcountrymag.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Still thinking about Tatiana Schlossberg's essay hours after reading it. Just absolutely gut-wrenching and one of the most significant attacks against RFK Jr & his policies that I can imagine.
Good overview here if you are paywalled at @newyorker.com. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
Good overview here if you are paywalled at @newyorker.com. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
The kid was born in Newberg, Oregon.
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The kid was born in Newberg, Oregon.
I was on staff for my campus newspaper & a classmate was killed in a plane crash. was the only pilot - only one who knew the questions to ask. His parents attended a campus memorial & asked to speak to me. They said my article helped them understand. So, I endeavored to find a way to keep doing it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I was on staff for my campus newspaper & a classmate was killed in a plane crash. was the only pilot - only one who knew the questions to ask. His parents attended a campus memorial & asked to speak to me. They said my article helped them understand. So, I endeavored to find a way to keep doing it.
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
The responses to Will's post are worth reading through:
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The responses to Will's post are worth reading through:
Her indictment of her cousin RFK Jr’s policies and statements is riveting.
What an incredibly powerful & sad essay.
What an incredibly powerful & sad essay.
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Her indictment of her cousin RFK Jr’s policies and statements is riveting.
What an incredibly powerful & sad essay.
What an incredibly powerful & sad essay.
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
And some of those consequences land straight at the door of family members. May this essay be burned in their brains forever. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And some of those consequences land straight at the door of family members. May this essay be burned in their brains forever. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
Crews battle hazardous fire on cargo ship in San Pedro, major emergency declared
Crews battle hazardous fire on cargo ship in San Pedro, major emergency declared
A major emergency was declared at the Port of Los Angeles as more than 100 firefighters worked to combat a massive and stubborn blaze involving hazardous materials on a cargo ship, authorities said.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Crews battle hazardous fire on cargo ship in San Pedro, major emergency declared
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
A shelter in place order is in effect for communities surrounding the Port of Los Angeles, including San Pedro and Wilmington.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A shelter in place order is in effect for communities surrounding the Port of Los Angeles, including San Pedro and Wilmington.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
Remain at home, keep windows closed and turn off HVAC systems.
Emergency responders continue attacking the container ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles.
Reposted by Colleen Mondor
. @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the cargo ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles. Our office is coordinating with local authorities to support first responders and protect the surrounding community.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
. @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the cargo ship fire at the Port of Los Angeles. Our office is coordinating with local authorities to support first responders and protect the surrounding community.