Layoffs hit FAA, including employees tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps
Terminated probationary employees at the FAA include some who work on the team responsible for producing air traffic ...
Trump and Elon’s ‘Pointless Bloodbath’ at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think
The Trump administration fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless and drunk pilots out of the skies — and ...
Elon Musk expected to help improve 'really outdated' FAA functions, transportation secretary details
Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his team "point the fingers" at the FAA's alleged "ancient technology" and call ...
Flying Becoming Less Safe in 'Disturbing Trend,' Ex-FAA Investigator Warns
A string of crashes has left flyers on edge, and attention has been turned on those responsible for aviation safety in the ...
Experts Call Foul on FAA Firings Following Aviation Accidents
The Federal Aviation Administration is the latest victim of Elon Musk’s DOGE firings, despite a recent spate of plane crashes ...
After hundreds of FAA workers are fired, this N.J. congressman is fighting back
Congressman seeks to ground Trump administration's Federal Aviation Administration firings, in the wake of Potomac River ...
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FAA Under Transformation: Workforce Reductions, DOGE Involvement, and the Future of Air Traffic Control
The FAA recently eliminated the positions of hundreds of probationary workers, a decision that affected numerous technical roles, including personnel responsible for radar maintenance and other ...
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As DOGE enters FAA, an aging aviation safety system may come into focus
A contract for a modernized NOTAM system shows concern about maintaining the platform for flagging hazards to pilots during ...
SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX ...
Jobs cut at the FAA helped support air safety, a union says
The union did not know details of the other positions among the roughly 400 that were cut. Some of the staffers were part of ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers deployed to FAA to help modernize air traffic control
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers would make recommendations to the FAA on how to ...
FAA says Musk DOGE team will help engineer solutions on airspace reforms
Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team DOGE will make additional visits to Federal Aviation Administration ...