Delta CEO Calls on Lawmakers to Support FAA to Modernize Air Traffic Control Systems
Delta Air Lines CEO Edward Bastian called on lawmakers to find a way to give assistance to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in updating air traffic control systems.
Bastian made his comments during a fourth-quarter earnings call, where he discussed the recent outage of the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system outage that took place on Jan. 11, 2023.
“I think it’s very clear that there has to be a call to action amongst our political leaders—the Congress and the White House—to fund and properly provide the FAA the resources they need to do the job,” Bastian said, according to Forbes….