Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg welcomed about 200 attendees, saying the summit was a reflection of the aviation industry’s commitment to tackling safety risks “swiftly.”officials and industry leaders stressed that flying remains incredibly safe in the United States, a track record they often attribute to close relationships between airlines and the FAA and a willingness to tackle safety problems without assigning blame.
Many workers were furloughed as passengers stayed home in the early part of the pandemic and tens of thousands of new workers have been hired. That mix has cut into the experience level of people with charged into running the aviation system safely, panelists said. Jason Ambrosi, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, said in addition to staff turnover, pilots have faced distractions that include the rollout of 5G wireless networks.As aviation officials gather in Washington to discuss a string of near-miss incidents at airports, some airline insiders are expressing their concerns.
On the eve of the summit, the FAA said it was investigating after a Republic Airways regional jet crossed a runway at Reagan National Airport as a United Airlines flight was. The NTSB said it was monitoring that incident but hadn’t launched a formal probe. in recent days. John Putnam, the Department of Transportation’s general counsel, wrote to Sen. Ted Cruz , who leads his party on the committee weighing the nomination, to lay out legal arguments for why Washington has the necessary qualifications and does not need a waiver, which would expose him to a vote in the Republican-controlled House.
There is too much pressure on the system. There is a simple solution that will have an immediate effect...raise the pilot age limit and keep experienced pilots on the flight deck.
This is what happens when 'diversity' is considered more important than competency...
No worries! Your buddy Pete Buttigieg is on the case! All the BS and none of the experience needed, but you’ll get a press conference about some pie in the sky crap! Networks like yours propping these unqualified clowns up,doesn’t help! But he’s the 1st openly gay cabinet member!
Continue to hire based on political/diversity factors rather than experience, merit, and potential to actually do the job. Irrational, woke, and polarizing policies will end up tanking the economy and ultimately cost lives.
Good thing we fired all those workers for not taking the clot shot!
Quit paying critical airport workers sub-subsistence wages!
SafetyFirst