Aviation industry pushes for air traffic improvements, more hiring | Global News Avenue

Airline industry members again urged lawmakers to receive updated air traffic control technology on Tuesday and recruit more air traffic controllers as airlines continue to complain about long-term shortages while air travel demand thrives.

A month after American Airlines’ jets and Army Blackhawk helicopters, their testimony was handed over to a hearing at the Housing Authority. Collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airportkill all 67 people on both planes America’s deadliest airline crash Since 2001.

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said last week that the Trump administration is taking steps Increase air traffic controller staffingstaff through the Federal Aviation Administration Academy increased their starting salary by 30%.

Testimony from Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controller Association, showed that air traffic controller staffing has dropped by about 9% compared to 2012, while air travel demand has achieved a new record.

Duffy’s comment is the president Donald Trump He was appointed as a billionaire consultant Elon Musk Cut costs across the federal government. But Musk’s involvement has raised concerns among democratic lawmakers about conflicts of interest, especially because the FAA is one of the regulators of Musk’s company SpaceX.

The cost-cutting layoffs were about 300 FAA employees. The point indicates that it does not include air traffic controllers.

“This frustrated the entire workforce and dispersed the agency’s efforts to improve the modernization of aviation systems and to improve aviation systems and evacuate from the major missions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the American aviation system, ultimately the safety of the U.S. flight public,” said professional aviation safety expert David Spero in his written testimony.

“Changes in blankets, indiscriminate dismissals or other arbitrary orders will not help the country maintain the safest air traffic control system,” he said.

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