Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday defended workforce cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), saying that people in “critical safety positions” were kept and that the only people dismissed were those who had been working there for less than a year.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Thursday that the FAA would increase the pay for air traffic controller trainees to boost recruitment and retention.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday announced a plan to shorten the Federal Aviation Administration hiring process amid an air traffic control shortage.  Read More

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

Five senators, including both Virginia senators, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy sharing their concerns.

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined their colleagues in sending a letter to the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy. The letter raises concerns about the various aviation incidents over the past month,

Fox News host Bill Hemmer challenged Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy after he slashed nearly 400 jobs at the Federal Aviation Administration amid airplane disasters. During a Monday interview, Duffy said he had instructed his employees to email Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to explain why they should keep their jobs.

The FAA will "supercharge the hiring of air traffic controllers" U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday.

Duffy argued that the Trump administration is seeking to trim "the fat" with its firings and that the FAA firings were for "probationary workers."