Delta Airlines Chief Unfazed by FAA Layoffs After Airplane Flip in Toronto
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the 300 or so probationary Federal Aviation Administration employees laid off so far served in non-critical safety functions.
The crash landing of a Delta Airlines flight in Toronto this week has not tempered the support of Delta’s CEO for layoffs of Federal Aviation Administration staff. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday he does not believe that the Trump administration’s firing of hundreds of probationary employees will make the skies scarier.
“The cuts do not affect us. I’ve been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation. I understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there’s over 50,000 people that work at the FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people, and they were in non-critical safety functions,” Mr. Bastian told CBS Mornings.
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