FAA headquarters is scheduled to visit the FAA headquarters on Monday, when Union says the workforce is “already stretched out.”
The administration of US President Donald Trump has started a mass shooting campaign targeting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including workers who focus on radar, landing and navigational maintenance.
The Ministry of Governmental efficiency staff (DOGE), a consulting committee led by billionaire Elon Musk, is visiting the headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, as the group continues controversial efforts to reach government data and reduce the federal workforce.
Hundreds of test staff have been among those who shot the Federal Aviation Administration, despite the efforts to increase employment in recent years. For a long time, the insiders have warned that FAA’s current workforce has stretched to thin and that the air traffic control system is chronicly undesirable.
“We are annoyed and disappointed by the administration’s decision to shoot at FAA staff,” said the Union of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists in A. statement on saturday.
The Federation pointed out that the termination notifications seem to have come from outside the official communication systems of the government, and are used to ensure the safety of emails, as well as transparency in the case of record requests.
“Several hundreds of employees were affected by the messages sent from the email address of” Exec “, not an official email address .gov,” the union explained.
“The messages began to arrive after 7 pm Eastern time on February 14 and continued late at night.”
The shooting comes several weeks after the deadly atmosphere collided on the Botomac River near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC.
This incident, which occurred between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk military helicopter on January 29, sparked a discussion on the safety of American air travel and the conditions of air traffic control workers.
All passengers were killed on both planes: 64 civilians and three soldiers.
One of the observers was responsible for overseeing both commercial flights and helicopters around the loud airport on the day of the accident. Trump and his allies blamed the accident on diversity initiatives without evidence. The collision is still under investigation.
In a post on social media on Sunday, Transport Minister Sean Duffy said that Dog’s employees will go to the headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration in order to “take a direct look at the current system, and you know we can make a new, better, modern and safer system.”
FAA oversees about 45,000 flights a day, with a quarter of all flights in the world arrives or leaves from American airports.
The condemnation federation condemned the shooting and said that “the gradual work will increase the burden of work and put new responsibilities on the work that is already stretching.”