FAA's Staffing Troubles Make Flying More Dangerous, Controllers Say
Low staffing levels in the high-pressure job bring long hours, widespread mandatory overtime and high rates of turnover, air ...
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Top Democrat on Commerce panel says Musk’s work with FAA poses ‘clear conflict’
She pointed out that Musk pressured former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker to resign on the day of President Trump’s inauguration, leaving the agency without a permanent leader shortly before ...
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Top Democrat on Commerce panel says Musk’s work with FAA poses ‘clear conflict’
She pointed out that Musk pressured former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker to resign on the day of President Trump’s inauguration, leaving the agency without a permanent leader shortly before an ...
AOL5d
FAA officials weighed closing D.C. airport runway after close calls, sources say
Top officials at the Federal Aviation Administration, including then-Administrator Michael Whitaker, pushed last summer to close one of three runways at Washington's Reagan National Airport ...
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Trump’s Transportation Secretary Announces Elon Musk’s DOGE Will ‘Plug In’ To ‘Upgrade Our Aviation System’
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy claimed the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficient (DOGE) will assist ...
Washington Examiner4d
Elon Musk ethics outcry skyrockets with offer to ‘plug into’ FAA
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Commerce Committee sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asking him to bar Musk from any effort to reform air traffic control.
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US Senator's Message to New DOT Secretary: Keep Elon Musk Away From the FAA
Mr. Musk, in turn, called for the firing of Mike Whitaker, the FAA Administrator who the Senate confirmed 98-0 because the FAA issued a fine against SpaceX for not following the rules,” Cantwell ...