The Overhaul That Could Transform U.S. Air Travel
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What is the FAA's $12 billion overhaul of air traffic control about?
The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced what they're calling the most important aviation infrastructure project in decades. The changes will cost $12 billion and promise to transform the safety and efficiency of the American air travel industry.
In this episode, we sit down with former New Hampshire governor and now president and CEO of Airlines for America, Chris Sununu, to discuss the changes coming to the American skies. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
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The following is a previously recorded interview with former New Hampshire governor and current CEO of Airlines for America, Chris Sununu. We just saw the busiest travel day in TSA history last month, and that came at the same time as a major storm in the Midwest. Plus, it came on the heels of that 43-day record-breaking government shutdown that we were all concerned was going to gum up the works for travel. I'm sure behind the scenes was extremely chaotic, trying to shore up the system to get everyone where they needed to go. What ended up happening?
Well, look, I think the airlines handled it amazingly, especially for the first 30 or 40 days. There were actually very few cancellations at the time, if you remember. Things slowed down. There were some delays, but we did get people where they were going, even though there were a lot of air traffic controller call-outs and all that. I think they did an amazing job there. When the forced cancellations came in that last week where the government said you have to cancel certain flights, the big challenge there was actually making sure the plane from, let's say, Boston to Kansas City that would later go on to L.A., if you cancel that first leg, there's no actual plane to take people from Kansas City to L.A.
So they were moving crews, they were moving assets, they were moving everything around, and it was a logistic circus, but they did a great job, I think, in terms of making sure it was there. And that leads us to the holiday, right? And so it's going to be busy. It's going to be exciting, but the airlines are ready. It's been a heavy, heavy year, but they're growing and they're ready to handle the capacity.
Now, for a long time, we've been hearing about this air traffic control crisis. Is there still a crisis? And if so, what are we doing to address it?
Well, there's not a crisis right now per se. I think there's a lack of controllers and we're trying to get more people in the system, make sure that the training is there, the expertise is there, and that process speeds up. There's a lot of delays in it that just aren't really necessary. So I think what the FAA administrator, Brian Bedford, Sean Duffy, they get it.
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