Delta CEO Ed Bastian defended the Trump administration's cuts to the FAA, saying they would not impact airline safety after a Delta plane crashed this week.

On "CBS Mornings" Wednesday, Gayle King asked Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Airlines, if he was concerned by what she referred to as the Trump administration's firing of "many employees of the FAA."

Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the 300 or so probationary Federal Aviation Administration employees laid off so far served in non-critical safety functions.

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Atlanta on Monday morning shortly after takeoff when the crew reported "possible smoke" in the aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, just two days after another Delta flight was diverted due to smoke on the plane.

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Atlanta shortly after takeoff when the crew reported "possible smoke" in the aircraft, according to the FAA.

Gayle King asked Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Airlines, if he was concerned by what she referred to as the Trump administration's firing of many employees of the FAA. She went on to imply, without evidence,

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian defended President Trump's cuts to the FAA while on CBS News and said the new administration was committed to investing in airline safety.

Delta passengers were forced to evacuate a plane by slide after smoke filled the cabin at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Delta Air Lines Flight 876 was headed to Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina on Monday when "the crew reported possible smoke in the flightdeck,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has blasted Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for suggesting President Trump was partly to blame for the Delta Air Lines jet that crash-landed and flipped over in Toronto,

Fox News' Mark Meredith reports the latest on how Democrats are pointing blame on the Trump administration for recent aviation mishaps.  The Foundation for Aviation Safety's Randy Klatt also joined 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss.

The FAA has launched a probe into why flights approaching the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport received erroneous alerts of other aircraft in the area.