Hawaii false missile alert button pusher fired

Based on all the information I've seen about the UI of the system[1], this kind of error was more or less inevitable. Firing the poor operator for this is reprehensible.

1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTowcFJU0AAvtVo.jpg:large

Desperate damage control attempt from management.

Button pusher need to be trained and reassigned. This was not a malice.

Two choices.

If you push the button and it's a false alarm, you get fired.

If you don't push the button and it's not a false alarm, you were going to die anyways.