Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed Monday that, despite several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees being fired Friday night, none were air traffic controllers or “critical safety personnel.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday defended workforce cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), saying that people in “critical safety positions” were kept and that the only people dismissed were those who had been working there for less than a year.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday announced a plan to shorten the Federal Aviation Administration hiring process amid an air traffic control shortage.  Read More

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his team "point the fingers" at the FAA's alleged "ancient technology" and call on SpaceX engineers to help.

The Federal Aviation Administration fired fewer than 400 employees out of its workforce of 45,000, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday, as questions rise around air traffic safety amid a spate of recent plane accidents.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he hopes "the brightest minds in America" will help improve the nation's air traffic system.

Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour.

Five senators, including both Virginia senators, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy sharing their concerns.

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined their colleagues in sending a letter to the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy. The letter raises concerns about the various aviation incidents over the past month,