>>Mutliple Virginia Lawmakers Demanding Answers Around FAA And Airspace Safety
(Portsmouth, VA) -- Five senators voicing concerns to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation about the lack of transparency surrounding recent firings at the FAA . Katie Gray reports.Preview: SCRIPT:
Multiple lawmakers speaking up about recent firings at the Federal Aviation Administration
and the involvement of SpaceX in critical aviation safety decisions. The senators, including Mark Warner, and Tim Kaine urged Sean Duffy to reverse the cuts in key safety roles and stand up for the safety of the national airspace. WAVY reports that they cited recent aviation crashes and raised questions about SpaceX's role in air traffic control, given the company's history of safety violations. The senators requested answers to specific questions by March 24 in their letter to Duffy.