Elon Musk's DOGE Tried to Fire Air Traffic Controllers

Musk’s DOGE team reportedly tried to fire air traffic controllers amid multiple plane crashes but was stopped by the transportation secretary
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Elon Musk squabbled during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, sources told the New York Times. Duffy was reportedly frustrated that Musk and DOGE had tried to cut air traffic control employees.
Elon Musk's DOGE Tried to Fire Air Traffic Controllers: Report
The exchange reportedly occurred when Trump called his cabinet into the Oval Office to clarify the scope of Musk's authority.
Elon Musk Wants SpaceX To Fix Air Traffic Control. Here’s Why It Won’t Work.
Satellite service Starlink doesn’t have the capabilities to be the FAA’s comms backbone. Trump officials may take a $2.4B contract from Verizon and give it to Musk’s company anyway.
Elon Musk begs ‘top notch’ air traffic controllers to come out of retirement to ease shortage
The face of DOGE, the government’s cost-cutting task force, said there is a “shortage” of skilled air traffic controllers.
Elon Musk says upgrade of FAA’s air traffic control system is failing and SpaceX needs to take over Verizon’s contract
Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,
Musk decries "shortage" of air traffic controllers weeks after offering them buyouts
Tesla CEO and DOGE boss Elon Musk took to X on Thursday to call for retired air traffic controllers to return to their posts. “There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers,” Musk wrote on X. “If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.”
Senate Democrat wants Musk, FAA chief to testify about air traffic control technology
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is calling on fellow senators to have Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk and acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Chris Rocheleau
Elon Musk urges retired air traffic controllers to return as staffing crisis worsens
Elon Musk has called for retired air traffic controllers to return to work amid a nationwide staffing crisis. But federal regulations limit their reemployment, as controllers must retire at 56 unless given special exemptions.
Musk Really Was Trying to Fire Air Traffic Controllers, Transportation Secretary Reveals
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused Elon Musk’s DOGE team of trying to fire air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a report. Duffy made the claim at a tense Cabinet meeting on Thursday that saw tensions flare between Musk and several members of Donald Trump’s administration,
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Elon Musk urges retired air traffic controllers to come back
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is urging retired air traffic controllers to come back to the workforce amid the ...
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Elon Musk to retired air traffic controllers: Please come back to work
Elon Musk, who has been tasked with leading the Department of Government Efficiency, is pleading for retired air traffic controllers to consider returning to work amid an ongoing, nationwide ...