On Sunday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy pledged to increase the number of air traffic controllers and accused DEI again within a week of the DC Air Force disaster.
The 53 -year -old Duffy acknowledged that it would take several years for a new air traffic controller to be completely trained. On the other hand, he emphasizes some important questions about the fatal crash between the Army Black Hawk Helicopter and the American Airlines commuting jet in Ronal Dragan Washington National. He killed 67 people around 8:48 pm on Wednesday. airport.
He said one big question was why the chopper did not train late at night.
“We will increase the number of air traffic controllers in the CNN” for additional aviation controllers.
“It cannot be achieved overnight by turning the switch upside down. … This plan we are currently developing -it [be] 1 to 3 years from now [to] Please show the true results. “
To become an air controller, you need to be trained at the Federal Aviation Bureau for several years. According to Faa。
Approximately 90 % of airport towers nationwide are currently lacking in personnel. According to the analysis From CBS News.
Duffy emphasized that both the Republican members and the Democratic Party would need to cooperate in making the resources needed to dramatically increase the employment of air control officers.
According to CBS News, there was only one air control officer around Reagan National Airport to supervise helicopters and airplanes around Reagan National Airport. Usually, there are at least one director helicopter and one management plane.
64 passengers and crews died on an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, and three land officials on the Blackhawk, which were on military training missions, died. did.
Early data suggests that helicopters were flying about 325 feet when they were crashes. This is much higher than 200 feet Restrictions on chopper on the route above Potmax.
“When DCA is very busy, why are they flying at 9 pm?” Duffy asked about the accident. “They should fly at 1:00 in the morning. It's information we don't have yet.”
The National Transportation Safety Board reviews what was wrong, and the survey result could cause important reforms.
Duffy, a former member of the Host of Wisconsin and Fox News, accused the Obama administration due to the shortage of air traffic controllers.
“Looking back on the Obama era, there were some [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] Duffy asserted that the principle was brought into air traffic control. ” “They were new. We took more people to the Academy, but fewer people passed through the Academy.”
President Trump has also accused DEI's policy, especially in hiring people with disabilities, especially in the FAA.
CNN host Jake Tapper Grilled Duffy has evidence that the fatal crash last week has evidence of linking DEI Practis directly.
“Our mission since the start was safe,” Duffy replied. “and [some federal officials] I lost my mission. And if you focus on social justice and the environment without focusing on safety, you can see that bad things happen.
“We will report what will happen to Faa and Dot's DEI,” said Duffy.
Despite the growing fear of the mass trip due to the crash drop in Reagan, six people died due to the crash drop of Medu Jets Flight 056 in Filadelphia on Friday, but Duffy has safe airplanes. I emphasized.
“Of course, it's safe to fly,” said Duffy. “Looking at the airspace in the United States, there is the safest airspace in the world, and the empty journey is the safest travel form that you can undertake in the country.
“We have seen several cracks, but looking at these disasters, people rattle, but empty journey is safe.”
Duffy also stated that if there was a problem with air control officers and personnel arrangements, they would “close the airspace instead of flying people in a non -safe environment.”
The Secretary of Transport was appointed on Tuesday just before the collision at Reagan Airport occurred.
