The leaders of the US aviation sector are calling the Congress for emergency funding for the country’s stressful air traffic control system.
In a letter on Wednesday, Major Airlines joined the army along with pilots, flight attendants and unions representing air traffic controllers – as well as two major accidents related to US Airlines – with the top lobbying group of the US travel industry – with the top lobbying group of the US travel industry. Calling for rapid action on heels.
Letters to Congress leaders viewed by TPG, “We are united in recent aviation accidents and our commitment to ensure that.”
Nationwide, aviation sector has later investigated January 29 midar collision Between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) between an American airlines regional jet and an US army Blackhoc helicopter. Sixty people died in the accident, which included the US airline in about 16 years.
This week, 21 people were injured on a delta air lines regional jet Crashed and turned upside down On landing in Toronto. All passengers and crew survived the accident.
While the crash investigators have not either associated the accident with failures in air traffic control, thus, so far, there is a nationwide decrease of controller and ancient control tower technology. Long -term cause for concern In the aviation field.
Federal Aviation Administration faces a significant reduction of air traffic controllers, and government’s watchdog after 20124 Report Important deficiencies of major FAA systems were detected.
In Wednesday’s letter, airlines’ alliances, labor and industry leaders called for “strong emergency funding” for important air traffic control technology and control, staffing and training.
“We urge you to protect and build basic investments in the law to increase security in the air and on the ground,” the letter was read.
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The group also told the Congress that the FAA was exempted from the government shutdown, which has interrupted major recruitment and training processes in the last decade, which contributes to the reduction faced in our control towers.
Any decision to allocate more funds to FAA will host the approval of the Congress and a signature from the President – and the Multier FAA will complement the re -evaluation bill Passed by Congress in last spring,
It is not yet clear what will be hungry between MPs for steps-up agency funding.
“Air traffic control modernization will make everyone safe and it is right to do, but other lessons are learned from it,” Sen Ted Cruise, Chairman of a Republican and American Senate Committee in Texas, Chairman, Science and Transport on Science and Transport, Last week, it was said on Capital Hill, reacting to the 29 January accident.
The committee’s ranking member, Sen Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, Sen Maria Cantwell, “Now is the time to ask questions about what we can do, what we can do. Said Tuesday
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump called for “A single bill” focuses on air traffic control modernization. Call comes as a question Elon Musk’s participation And the government’s efficiency department, as well as the recent retrenchment in FAA – Joe Secretary Sean Dafi said that impressed by the employees under 400 probationary employees, but “in zero air traffic controller and important security personnel” A recent post on X – Vortex.
Talking to TPG last week, a top government’s connection official in a major US airline said that the carrier is optimistic that recent speed could lead to air traffic control reforms.
“The industry has come together to say that this is our number one priority,” said on 11 February, head of Rob Land, Jetbu’s government affairs. “In the last few decades, in the last few decades, it is very difficult to achieve our industry, which is super competitive, to agree on anything, alone we have a number one priority that we all agree Is. “
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