Reuters10d
Senator wants Musk, acting FAA chief to testify on air traffic systems
A spokesperson for Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz, the FAA and the White House did not immediately comment. Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee ...
The Atlantic4d
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
Duffy, in a White House meeting last week, expressed frustration about sweeping changes to his workforce and blamed DOGE for threatening the jobs of the FAA’s air-traffic controllers ...
Reuters6d
US FAA says 240 flights disrupted by explosion of Musk's SpaceX Starship
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the previous day's explosion of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft disrupted about 240 flights, with space ...
Politico20d
‘Air traffic controllers cannot do their work without us’
The first wave of White House-ordered ... said the text appeared to be a template that was used for many fired workers at the agency. The former FAA employee who helped create and update maps ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system
The emergence of Starlink as a potential replacement for the Verizon-led effort underscores the extraordinary conflicts of interest inherent in Musk’s position as both a senior White House adviser ...
NBC News24d
Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue
The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees with the Federal Aviation Administration over the weekend, just weeks after a fatal crash over Washington, D.C., exposed understaffing at the ...
Business Insider24d
Hundreds of FAA workers were fired weeks after deadly DC collision, union says, as Trump promises aviation safety upgrades
The White House, the FAA, and the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The White House's move to reduce the FAA workforce comes after a military ...
Rolling Stone23d
FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk’s Purge Is a ‘Threat’ to Air Safety
“Holy hell — that was my response,” one FAA official tersely says, describing their initial reaction. Asked on Tuesday about Musk and the Trump White House’s line that it’s “fake news ...
Roll Call9d
GOP weighs aviation funding boost amid culture of spending cuts
The White House is requesting Congress provide an extra $858 million in a funding stopgap bill for the FAA “to maintain air traffic services, hire and train air traffic controllers, and continue ...
UPI24d
Several hundred FAA support staff fired amid agency shortages
The FAA has about 50,000 employees and is the largest division of the Department of Transportation. Related Divided appeals court denies White House's attempt to fire watchdog Recent hires ...
CNN15d
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use ... who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush and now also serves as the Vice Chair of government watchdog ...