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Colleen Mondor
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Aviation journalist, especially on Alaska. Never met a federal database I didn't love. "Probable Cause" newsletter is here: https://colleenmondor.substack.com/
I can not understand why he is wasting his time on this stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Right now, the money’s not there for anyone.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Totally believable at this point.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I feel like mimicking one of those teenagers who flies in sweats with a pillow that has a Hello Kitty pillowcase.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My son just corrected me and says the Star Wars Animated Series is the best and The Clone Wars Animated Series has ups and downs.

Like I said, he was raised right. 😄
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pretty soon they are going to tell us that My Lai never happened.
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Also, for the love of all that’s holy, “Star Wars” is the name of the movie & not “A New Hope”, Han shot first, Anakin was an ass with no hope of redemption, whose helmet was completely destroyed in a funeral pyre, but he did kill Palpatine and Rise of Skywalker is the very definition of terrible.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Honestly, it’s hard to see “later” right now, but I hear ya.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A big part of my thoughts right now have to do with what is currently happening in the US politically.

At the moment, where rampant corruption is the rule, I do not believe we can seriously contemplate privatization of ATC (or any govt entity).
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
(I got it.)

(And yep - correct on both counts!)
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Meanwhile, I’ll just keep researching & writing about the long history of politics impacting flight safety in the US and how it has been part of the FAA from the very beginning.

I’ve got a story from the 1970s coming at ya this week. Sign up here: Colleenmondor.substack.com
Colleen Mondor: Probable Cause | Substack
A deep look at flight safety, especially in Alaska. Big fan of accident reports and federal databases. Also, my obsession with the 1932 Mt McKinley Cosmic Ray Expedition and occasionally, what I've be...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM