Twitter Collectively Shakes Its Head Over Trump Saying He Doesn’t Want Albert Einstein as a Pilot

Spending Tuesday’s “Executive Time” glued to Fox & Friends, President Trump reacted to a report that airlines around the world are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 after a second crash in five months. While the Fox News story noted that the FA believes the planes are safe to fly in and American experts are taking part in the crash investigation, the president’s big takeaway here is that planes are too complex for everyday folks to operate.

Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019

….needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019

“Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly,” Trump tweeted. “Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT.”

He added: “I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!”

It didn’t take long for folks on Twitter to sigh and shake their heads over the president’s request that planes be dumbed down so any moron can fly them.

“what the fuck are all these dials and knobs and shit”

“oh who knows sir they make these things way too complicated”

“I bet you don’t even know what half of them do”

“sir I don’t sir”

“you don’t want albert einstein up here flying”

“ha ha sir that’s a good one sir”

— kilgore trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 12, 2019

personally, i refuse to get on a plane unless i can confirm it is being flown by an absolute moron

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 12, 2019

Well, of course not. Albert Einstein is dead. https://t.co/s4gWd63Wuo

— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) March 12, 2019

Props to President Trump!

LITERALLY! He should ground Air Force One and fly a prop-operated plane back and forth between DC and Florida. Not too complicated, easy for a pilot to navigate!

— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) March 12, 2019

Trump pushes for less qualified airplane pilots as he appeals to that hard to reach group of American voters who hope to die in a plane crash.

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) March 12, 2019