Congress warns that flight delays and cancellations could worsen as the FAA struggles with recruitment and aging infrastructure, compounded by recent tragic incidents, including a mid-air collision. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to invest billions into overhauling the air travel system, but it will take at least another year to recruit 3,000 air traffic controllers and implement infrastructure upgrades. Lawmakers stress the need for urgent action to ensure safety and efficiency in the nation's airspace as summer travel approaches.
"But as pointed out by my colleagues, so many problems at Newark, and as I go into the summer season, it's hard to believe that they won't get worse - and then just across the country," added Klobuchar, highlighting another near-miss involving a flight en route to Minneapolis in March.
"We have been rightfully focused on the tragedy, the loss of life, with the American Airlines flight," Sen. Amy Klobuchar said in a Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing with FAA officials Wednesday.
"Congress and the administration must think boldly about how we can set the FAA up for long-term success," said Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas). "Both our economy's productive capacity and the safety of the nation's airspace depend on it."
"The current copper wire system is causing 'almost 1,000 outages a week,' one airline industry official previously told The Post."
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