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Sean Duffy claims department traded core mission for DEI, vows to add air traffic controllers
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0:44Now PlayingTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday vowed to boost the number of air traffic controllers and again blamed DEI less than a week after the DC air disaster for distracting his agency from its core mission.
Duffy, 53, acknowledged that it will take a few years before the new air traffic controllers get fully trained, while underscoring some of the key outstanding questions regarding the deadly crash between an army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines commuter jet at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday.
He said one major question is why the chopper didn’t conduct its training later in the night.
As for additional air-control personnel, “We’re going to surge air traffic controllers; we’re going to bring in the best and the brightest,” the nation’s new transportation chief told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“I can’t flip a switch and make that happen overnight. …This plan we’re developing right now — that’s going to [be] a year to three years from now [to] show real results,” he said.
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