US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is planning a news conference in Washington to announce an upgrade billed as a dramatic break from the “band-aid” fixes of past administrations.
Such a policy would need to win congressional approval at a time when Trump's administration is also seeking deep spending cuts to finance tax cuts.
Duffy's agency is facing scrutiny after an April 28 incident at Newark Liberty International Airport in which air traffic officials stationed in nearby Philadelphia were unable to connect with planes on radar and through radio for 90 seconds.
Duffy, who has blamed his predecessor in the Biden administration for recent problems, talked up the plan at an April 30 Cabinet meeting with Trump, who seemed to favor a lead contractor.
Duffy has so far not released details about the plan. A Department of Transportation advisory touted Thursday’s event as “ushering in a golden age of transportation.”
On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has been slowing arrivals and departures at Newark after the system outage.
While Newark's staffing issues are the norm across the network, the incident highlights unique problems at the airport, said Michael McCormick, a former FAA control tower manager who is now associate professor at Embry?Riddle Aeronautical University.
Even with the loss of contact with air traffic staff, pilots would have still been able to safely fly during the outage because of on-board technology that tracks other planes, McCormick said.
“There’s still backup,“ McCormick said. “It’s not optimal.”
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