Sean Duffy: FAA Systems β€˜Antiquated,’ More Controllers Needed

The United States has the β€œsafest skies in the world,” but the Federal Aviation Administration’s systems are β€œantiquated” and need updates, and the nation is suffering a shortage of air traffic controllers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday. 

Still, Duffy told β€œFox News Sunday” that the skies above the United States are among the safest in the world, even with changes needed. 

The Notice to Air Mission, or NOTAM, which is the FAA’s pilot warning system, suffered an outage Saturday night, less than a week after the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., that claimed 67 lives. 

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