US EditionMusk says DOGE will make ‘rapid safety upgrades’ to air traffic control system
- Elon Musk's team at the U.S. DOGE Service will focus on upgrading the FAA's air traffic control system, as stated by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Feb. 5.
- Duffy mentioned that much of the equipment used by air traffic control is outdated, including the radar system for tracking planes.
- The U.S. has faced chronic air traffic controller shortages for decades, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and a low retention rate during training.
- Duffy expressed concerns about operating helicopters in busy airspace, questioning the timing of a recent training mission that led to a midair collision.
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Billionaire Elon Musk promises that the department he oversees, For Government Efficiency (DOGE), will make changes to the country's air traffic control system, as a consequence of the two fatal plane crashes recorded...
Musk’s DOGE Will Upgrade US Air Traffic Control System, Says Transportation Secretary
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Feb. 5 that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team at the U.S. DOGE Service would soon hone in on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) air traffic control system. “Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system,” Duffy wrote in a post on the social media platform X. Duffy did not explain how Musk would be upgrading the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) aviation …
Musk’s DOGE Will Upgrade US Air Traffic Control System, Says Transportation Secretary - The Thinking Conservative
Duffy “Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system,” Sean Duffy wrote in a post on the social media platform X. The post Musk’s DOGE Will Upgrade US Air Traffic Control System, Says Transportation Secretary appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
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