by Germania Rodriguez Poleo at Daily Mail
Gayle King looked taken aback after Delta’s CEO said President Trump’s cuts to the Federal Aviation Authority were not to blame for Monday’s plane crash in Toronto.
The CBS Morning’s host cocked her head to one side and gave a surprised look Wednesday as Ed Bastian said the dismissal of 300 staffers had zero impact on safety.
Bastian said: ‘The cuts do not affect us. I’ve been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation.
‘I understand that the, 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.
Bastian added: ‘The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies.
‘They’ve committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators, and safety and investigators. So no, I’m not concerned with that at all.’
He was responding to a leading question from King who asked…
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