White House and the Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said that no air traffic controllers or other safety-critical personnel were affected by the recent firings of hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees by the Trump administration, after a workers’ union voiced concerns over aviation safety risks.
FAA workers in their one-year probationary period began receiving emails on Feb. 14 notifying them they were being fired, David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, said in a Feb. 15 statement. The dismissals are part of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to downsize the federal workforce and reduce government spending.
