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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called retired the Biden medication for allegedly neglecting a authorities agency's study astir the mediocre authorities of the aerial postulation power system.
In an X station connected Tuesday, Duffy shared an excerpt from a study published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled "Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems." The study was published connected Sept. 24, 2024.
"A authorities watchdog warned Biden & Buttigieg astir the failing aerial postulation power system," Duffy wrote.
"Look astatine this report. They knew the aerial postulation power strategy was strained AND STILL DID NOTHING!"
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused the Biden medication of neglecting a authorities study highlighting issues with the FAA. (Getty Images)
Duffy went connected to accidental that helium was moving with President Donald Trump to modernize the system.
"Working with @POTUS, we are going to bash what nary medication has done: present an all-new, envy of the satellite ATC system," helium concluded.
In the transition that Duffy highlighted, the study noted that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "has been dilatory to modernize immoderate of the astir captious and at-risk systems."
"Specifically, erstwhile considering age, sustainability ratings, operational interaction level, and expected day of modernization oregon replacement for each system, arsenic of May 2024, FAA had 17 systems that were particularly concerning," the study said.
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A Federal Aviation Administration motion hangs successful the operation astatine John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York, connected March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
"The 17 systems scope from arsenic fewer arsenic 2 years aged to arsenic galore arsenic 50 years old, are unsustainable, and are captious to the information and ratio of the nationalist airspace."
Duffy's comments came amid respective chaotic events concerning U.S. aerial abstraction successful caller days. Newark Liberty International Airport, a large question hub successful the New York City metropolitan area, has suffered hundreds of delays and cancellations since past week.
On Monday, a damning study recovered that FAA aerial postulation controllers successful Philadelphia concisely mislaid radar and vigor signals portion guiding planes to Newark Airport past week.
Duffy appeared connected Fox News Channel's "The Story" connected Tuesday to sermon the developments, telling big Martha MacCallum that the past statesmanlike medication was alert of the issues.
"It wasn't shocking to Joe Biden and it wasn't shocking to Pete Buttigieg," Duffy said. "They knew we had an aged system. They saw the GAO study saying it was astir to fail."
The authorities authoritative went connected to accidental that helium plans to present authorities to Congress astir the contented shortly.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during an enforcement bid signing successful the Oval Office of the White House connected Feb. 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
"[In January] I started digging into the FAA and realized it wasn't conscionable 1 tiny portion of the infrastructure. It was the full infrastructure that had to beryllium built marque new," Duffy explained. "And truthful I've developed a plan. I've talked to the president. He has signed disconnected connected the plan."
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