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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency has saved $9.5 billion in the first 100 days of the Trump admin, while slashing DEI and climate initiatives. He denied letting 400 ATCs go.
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The revelation comes months after the midair collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter killed 67 people, raising questions about military aircraft in the congested capital airspace.
The current ATC system "is based on an outdated technologies that are unable to meet" modern demands, an administration statement said.
The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
Sen. John Fetterman called for bipartisanship and asked for support for Pennsylvania programs during a Senate hearing on Wednesday about air traffic safety.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is pushing for billions of dollars of new funding to modernize the nation's air traffic control system, following fatal collisions and repeated outages.
The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the spotlight.