Director of Delta Airlines Ed Bastian He said in a new interview that the reduction of President Donald Trump will not affect the safety of the airline.
On Wednesday, Bastian appeared on “CBS Mornings” to address a recent airport at Toronto-Pearson International Airport, where the Delta flight from Minneapolis overturned while landing at the Canadian airport.
All 80 people on board were evacuatedFaa said, and three were transported to local hospitals for critical injuries.
The catastrophe has been followed by deadly air accidents in Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Nome, Alaska in the last month.
Executive Director Delta asked if he was concerned that Trump’s administration was recent release on the FAA influenced the safety of the airline.
Time Land Toronto Time: Delta Leto from Minneapolisa turns upside down as she tries to land
The Delta Air Lines plane, which started from Minneapolis to Toronto, crashed at Toronto Pearson airport on Monday, February 17, 2025. (Teresa Barbieri/Canadian Press by AP)
“Do these cuts worry and do you think it affects safety?” Asked Bastian, “CBS Mornings”.
She headed that the recent aircraft accidents had made Americans anxious about flying.
“Do these cuts affect you?” She repeated.
“The cuts do not affect us, Gayle,” Bastian said.
The Delta ED Bastian CEO has defended the federal cuts of Trump’s administration when asked whether to influence the safety of the airline. (CBS/screenshot)
“I was in a close communication with Transport Secretary. I understand that cuts are something that ask questions at the moment, but the reality is that there are over 50,000 people working on FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people and were in uncritical security functions, “he continued.
“Trump administration has committed to input deeply in terms of improving the entire technologies used in air traffic control systems and modernization of the sky. They dedicated themselves to employment of additional controllers and researchers and security researchers. is Bastian.
The efforts of the new administration to restrain the federal consumption through their Government Efficiency Department (Doge) have entered control under supervision from Democrats.
Senator Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., claimed this week in the post on X that Trump “mass release on the FAA” made the sky “less safe”. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
In the post on X this week, Senator Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., claimed that Trump’s “mass release on the FAA” made the sky “less safe”.
Sean Duffy’s transport secretary said on Monday that less than 400 employees had been released from the Agency and explained that everyone was hired less than a year ago.
“Zero air traffic controllers and critical security staff are released,” Posted in X, Responding to the criticism of the former secretary of Pete Buttigieg.
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The Ministry of Transport spokesman for Fox Business said in a statement this week that FAA continues to hire and install “air traffic controllers and safety experts, including mechanics and others who support them.” A spokesman also said that “the agency has maintained employees who perform critical security functions.”
Trump’s administration promised a a thorough examination and update Air traffic control systems throughout the country after a collision in a medium military helicopter and an American Airlines flight to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, on January 29. He killed all 67 people on two aircraft. It was the most deadly air disaster of the United States since 2001.
According to the digital analysis of federal data Fox News, there were five The fatal plane crashes During the first four weeks of the President Trump’s term of office, compared to ten death collisions during the first four weeks of President Biden’s term.
Fox Business ‘Daniella Genovese and Fox News’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
