Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel ‘overhaul’ in fiery ground stop briefing
The Hill reports that Trump administration officials, including Transportation Secretary Duffy and Mullin, renewed calls for a $50 billion investment to overhaul the U.S.'s air traffic control systems during a briefing on Friday night's nationwide ground stop. According to The Hill, the officials described the system as "incredibly old." They also accused Congress of "kicking the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented the ground stop.
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Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel ‘overhaul’ in fiery ground stop briefing
Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.’s “incredibly old” air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for “[kicking] the can down the road” on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday night’s nationwide ground stop. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Transportation Secretary…
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