US Secretary of Transportation Reveals plan to reinforce aerial staff after accidents

The Secretary of Transportation of USASean Duffy said this Sunday having a “plan” to improve the level of air staff after the two plane accidents that occurred this week in the country, which have left together more than 70 deaths.

“We have a plan that will come out and fix the problem. But the matter is that you cannot squeeze a button and have air controllers tomorrow, take years ”, Duffy said in an interview in Fox New Sunday, in which he acknowledged that the staff is scarce and is “overloaded”.

Duffy validated the preliminary conclusions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) About the accident last Wednesday in Washington between a military helicopter and a commercial plane, which points out that the operation of drivers “It was not normal” At the time of the incident.

However, he questioned that they “consolidate” tasks before the last Wednesday and their respect for FAA’s regulations, in addition to asking why the military helicopter performed a night mission with a lot of traffic, and referred to the ongoing investigation.

In that sense, he said he was working with FAA to train new controllers, since they are required to retire at 55, in addition to that problem, he pointed to the “bottlenecks” that the pandemic caused in obtaining experience and policies and policies and policies of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

“You cannot focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei) when you try to hire air controllers, you are in the best and most brilliant,” He said, echoing the controversial words of the president Donald Trumpwhich attributed to these policies, without evidence, the cause of the accident.

Duffy also said that last night there was a technical failure in a system used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Notam, and defended that it is “outdated” and “needs an update.”

In spite of everything, he defended that USA “has the safest airspace in the world.”

The National Board of Transportation Board (NTSB) He has recovered and investigates the black boxes of the plane and the military helicopter that collided on Wednesday in Washington, the first with 64 passengers on board and the second with 3, and that fell to the Potomac River.

This Sunday continues the recovery tasks of the bodies in the river, 42 so far.

Two days after that accident a medicalized plane crashed in Philadelphia and left 7 deaths, the 6 passengers and another person who was on land, a tragedy that the authorities also investigate.