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Plane Crash Hearing Witness Called Out for Allegedly 'Elbowing FAA Employee Mid-Sentence': ‘Not Gonna Put Up with That’
As the investigative hearing into the deadly mid-air crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet ...
Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
FAA defends controller staffing levels on the night of the deadly crash near Washington
But Jack Jarvis, a contractor who evaluated the tower's staffing level, said it wasn't healthy — and when he reported his findings, he was silenced.
FAA failed to act before helicopter crash, US transport chief says
The Federal Aviation Administration failed to act despite dozens of near-miss incidents before a fatal January crash between ...
Feds launch audit into FAA over gutted Long Island air traffic control facility as safety concerns rise over Newark airspace
Staff are burnt out — and very concerned about safety and feel very strongly that those moved to Philadelphia should come ...
FAA watchdog opens audit on Westbury air traffic controller transfers
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy requested the audit to see if the move had a role in communications and radar outages at ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
FAA to modernize 40-year-old system after fatal Washington DC crash
New FAA administrator Bryan Bedford called the U.S. air traffic control system "unacceptable" and vowed major tech upgrades ...