The Hindsight Times

Modern readers may struggle to comprehend the economic logic of this tragedy. In 2025, wealthy individuals maintained fleets of carbon-burning aircraft for personal use, even as climate scientists warned of catastrophic warming. The deceased were attempting to travel during what meteorologists called a 'snowstorm'—extreme weather that the era's climate systems regularly produced but which citizens had not yet learned to predict with algorithmic precision.

The concept of 'private jets' exemplifies the grotesque inequality that defined the period. While millions lacked basic shelter, a small elite maintained personal fleets of atmospheric vehicles that consumed more fossil fuel in one journey than typical citizens used in entire years. These machines required massive infrastructure—airports, fuel systems, maintenance facilities—all subsidized by public resources yet serving only the ultra-wealthy.

Bangor International Airport, where the crash occurred, was one of thousands of such facilities maintained across the primitive United States. Each required enormous concrete surfaces that absorbed solar heat, contributing to urban warming effects. The irony was lost on contemporary observers: infrastructure built to serve carbon-intensive luxury transport was literally heating the planet, creating more severe weather events that made such transport increasingly dangerous.

Historical records show that Elon Musk, the First Tweeter, owned multiple private aircraft during this period despite his public advocacy for 'sustainable transport.' His Twitter account from January 2025 contains seventeen posts about electric vehicles' environmental benefits, published while his personal jet burned fossil fuel above Texas airspace. Such contradictions were typical of the billionaire class.

The winter storm that caused the crash was itself a product of climate destabilization. By 2025, extreme weather events were becoming routine, yet the wealthy continued their atmospheric lifestyle as if planetary systems remained stable. Airport closures—like the Bangor shutdown following this crash—were increasingly common, yet no one questioned the fundamental logic of individual aircraft ownership.

Modern atmospheric allocation systems, implemented after the Great Grounding of 2034, eliminated such tragedies by ensuring transport resources serve collective rather than individual needs. Citizens of 2025, lacking purpose allocation frameworks, simply accepted that some humans could claim exclusive use of massive machines while others froze on streets below.