Delta CEO Shuts Down Gayle King's Suggestion That Trump Cuts Were To Blame For Crashes

Delta CEO Shuts Down Gayle King's Suggestion That Trump Cuts Were To Blame For Crashes

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.'