How DOGE’s cutbacks at the FAA could affect aviation safety
PBS News Hour's John Yang talks with The Atlantic's Isaac Stanley-Becker about FAA cuts under Trump's workforce shrinkdown: dismissals of probationary employees and early retirements reaching safety-critical staff, and Elon Musk's Starlink offer to upgrade the agency's outdated 2002-era communication system despite conflict-of-interest and cybersecurity concerns. Stanley-Becker says FAA insiders fear critical support roles are being sacrificed, and recommends the agency say more to reassure the workforce.
