Air traffic control staff at the airport in the United States are near the minimum of 30 years and Oligarch Elon Elon Musk. Do your best To ensure that it is still in a state called the Department of Government performance But the Secretary -General of Sean Duffy has an idea to fix.
Duffy thinks that the air traffic controller should not retire at 56, because they have to do it for national security and reasoning. In fact, Duffy seems to think that allowing air traffic controller to work in old age will help to be safe and security of the nation if you can believe.
“We have too much controller to retire after the 25 years of service, so we have to look and go. Is this a national security problem? Duffy said on Wednesday. Fox business–
Duffy about the shortage of air traffic control: “We have too much controller that retired after the 25 years of service, so we have to look and go. Is this a national security problem?
– Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com– April 16, 2025 at 8:37 a.m.
The air traffic controller must retire at the age of 56 years due to the stressful characteristics of the work, although some people are exempt from work to 60 in the case of rare. And while the Secretary Duffy cleared, he thought that he found a solution to the problem of lowered employees by adding retirement age, the image representative of air traffic controls disagreed.
“The solution to the ATC employee crisis is a long -term commitment to employment and training and maintenance of highly skilled air traffic supervision and well -trained,” said the National Air Traffic Control Association. Flight Magazine Back in February, when Duffy floated this idea for the first time. “Natca will continue to support effective and effective solutions for safety, protecting labor and restoring security for the system.”
Nick Daniels President National Air Traffic Control AssociationWas a witness about the shortage last month with the Parliament Committee, with the emphasis on the stress that these workers faced every day. And Daniel said that creating new things is absolutely necessary.
“These specific experts still work short often, six days a week, ten hours a day for many years, using outdated equipment and in the facilities exist in many cases that are older than 60 years.
High famous and similar collisions to the mistake of the dangers of these jobs is empty. Going back in January, the United States saw the most serious air collision in the next few years, when Jet and the military helicopter collided in Washington, 67 DC killed, and while reporting about the mistake was not released. But there is one possible explanation One air traffic control is working on two different tower at the same time. CNNForcing them to take care of both local traffic and helicopters at the same time.
Approximately 90% of the US airport tower was not resolved according to FAAS. Own informationAnd while the cutting of some Musk, with the dog that FAA has returned to the program, there is no score that will happen when the billionaire is still fiercely the central government water supply.
“There is a shortage of leading air traffic control. If you are retired But open to go back to work. Please consider that. “Musk tweeted. February–
Duffy, who is a star TV, Realitment before being chosen as a member of the Congress in Wiscon Sin, has been confirmed as a Trump's option for his role in two votes or 77-22With 21 Democrats, voting to confirm him And that may talk about how the Democrats do not work to stop Trump's meeting with meaningful ways when things are broken and people like Doffee make the country. Less safer–
Transport secretary knows that he has a major problem with the staff at FAA, but it is obvious that it does not care about the unions representing the air traffic controller. It will say because the fact that he has retired about retirement, and this is the reality that Americans have to live with the future that we see because we see more about the danger of the national airport.