Transport Minister Sean Duffy says that many federal aviation management systems are still “ancient” and they need updates of “decrease” in employment in air traffic control units.
Duffy made the statement during its appearance on “Fox News Sunday” with the Shennon Bram host. Trump administration official confirmed that the American sky remains the safest in the world, but he also said that significant changes can be made to improve FAA systems.
“We have the safest sky in the entire world. Traveling beside the air is the safest to transport,” Dofi said. “It's not only air traffic control units, but we have aircraft techniques to keep them separate. So, yes, no, this is the safest system.”
Duffy added that the US system “needs to be promoted.” He also noticed a break of the experimental warning system in FAA, “notice to Air Mission” or Notam System, Saturday night, called “ATIQUAATE”.
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The Secretary of the US Secretary of Transport, Sean Duffy addresses the media, after American Eagle Ang 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Botomac River. (Ken Sidino/Reuters)
FAA imposes mandatory retirement age 55 for air traffic monitors, causing a large amount of rotation. Duffy pointed out that the FAA Training Academy was examined during the Covid-19, causing small seasons sizes and delaying the process as the trainees were unable to obtain personal experience in the control towers.
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He said he focused on training a new generation of recruits.
“You cannot focus on diversity, fairness and integration when trying to rent air traffic control units, you are focusing on the best and brightness,” Duffy told BREAM. “I mean, again, some people like me love this conversation about fairness. But if your planes are or if they govern your air traffic, you want the best. You want to protect yourself and your family brightest. This is what we are“ re -doing the department “.
The first respondents are working at the scene, after the witnesses say it crashed a plane in Philadelphia on Friday, January 31, 2025. (Matt Rork/AP)
Duffy data comes after the US flight disasters, including the army collision Black Hawk helicopter With the US Airlines plane in Washington, DC, last week. A private plane from the sky in Pennsylvania also decreased this week.
Investigations are underway for both accidents. Dofi said he was particularly interested in the contacts that was the control tower at Reagan National Airport with both a plane and a helicopter in a crash last week.
Search and rescue efforts are seen on a wreckage location in the Botomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo/Carolyn Rummat)
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