Duffy Blasts Biden, Buttigieg For Ignoring Report About Failing Air Traffic Control System: 'did Nothing!'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called retired nan Biden management for allegedly neglecting a authorities agency's study astir nan mediocre authorities of nan aerial postulation power system.

In an X station connected Tuesday, Duffy shared an excerpt from a study published by nan U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled "Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems." The study was published connected Sept. 24, 2024.

"A authorities watchdog warned Biden & Buttigieg astir nan failing aerial postulation power system," Duffy wrote. 

"Look astatine this report. They knew nan aerial postulation power strategy was strained AND STILL DID NOTHING!"

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused nan Biden management of neglecting a authorities study highlighting issues pinch nan FAA. (Getty Images)

Duffy went connected to opportunity that he was moving pinch President Donald Trump to modernize nan system.

"Working pinch @POTUS, we are going to do what nary management has done: present an all-new, envy of nan world ATC system," he concluded.

In nan transition that Duffy highlighted, nan study noted that nan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "has been slow to modernize immoderate of nan astir captious and at-risk systems." 

"Specifically, erstwhile considering age, sustainability ratings, operational effect level, and expected day of modernization aliases replacement for each system, arsenic of May 2024, FAA had 17 systems that were particularly concerning," nan study said. 

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A Federal Aviation Administration motion hangs successful nan building astatine John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York, connected March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

"The 17 systems scope from arsenic fewer arsenic 2 years aged to arsenic galore arsenic 50 years old, are unsustainable, and are captious to nan information and ratio of nan nationalist airspace."

Duffy's comments came amid respective chaotic events concerning U.S. aerial abstraction successful caller days. Newark Liberty International Airport, a awesome recreation hub successful nan New York City metropolitan area, has suffered hundreds of delays and cancellations since past week. 

On Monday, a damning study recovered that FAA aerial postulation controllers successful Philadelphia concisely mislaid radar and power signals while guiding planes to Newark Airport past week.

Duffy appeared connected Fox News Channel's "The Story" connected Tuesday to talk nan developments, telling big Martha MacCallum that nan past statesmanlike management was alert of nan issues.

"It wasn't shocking to Joe Biden and it wasn't shocking to Pete Buttigieg," Duffy said. "They knew we had an aged system. They saw nan GAO study saying it was astir to fail."

The authorities charismatic went connected to opportunity that he plans to present authorities to Congress astir nan rumor shortly.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during an executive bid signing successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected Feb. 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

"[In January] I started digging into nan FAA and realized it wasn't conscionable 1 mini portion of nan infrastructure. It was nan full infrastructure that had to beryllium built marque new," Duffy explained. "And truthful I've developed a plan. I've talked to nan president. He has signed disconnected connected nan plan."