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Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers deployed to FAA to help modernize air traffic control
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers would make recommendations to the FAA on how to upgrade air traffic control systems.
Airlines urge Congress to support air traffic control hiring, modernize FAA
A coalition of U.S. aviation industry groups sent a letter to Congress calling for the modernization of the nation's air traffic control system to prevent future accidents.
Air Traffic controllers union to analyze FAA firings’ impact on safety
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is reviewing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its workforce reductions amid concerns about air safety following the deadliest
Elon Musk says SpaceX team will review FAA air traffic control systems
On his social media platform, Elon Musk posted, ‘SpaceX engineers will help make air travel safer,’ after job cuts at the FAA. Personnel from Elon Musk’s government-downsizing team DOGE were set to visit the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Air Traffic Control command center in Warrenton,
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Aviation sector presses Congress for emergency air traffic control funding
In a letter to Congress, leaders from across the U.S. aviation industry are calling for stepped-up funding for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Layoffs hit FAA, including employees tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps
Terminated probationary employees at the FAA include some who work on the team responsible for producing air traffic ...
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, ...
Air traffic controller shortage of 3,800 due to DEI practices cutting ‘too white, too elite’ candidates: lawyer
The FAA basically decided the students were too white and the schools too elite, so in 2013 knocked them off the preferred ...
Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees who maintain critical ...
Jobs cut at the FAA helped support air safety, a union says
A union says jobs eliminated at the Federal Aviation Administration had direct roles in supporting safety inspectors and ...
Team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to review air traffic control system
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the plan after the FAA laid off roughly 400 probationary employees.
Trump Admin lays off 400 FAA workers amid air traffic incidents; 1 Austin worker laid off
Despite the spate of incidents making headlines, the FAA is slimming down its workforce and one worker has already been laid ...