Duffy To Raise Retirement Age For Air Traffic Controllers

The Hill reports:

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he plans to extend the retirement age for all air traffic controllers, increasing the mandatory age from 56 to 61 years old.

During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Duffy whether he had asked Congress to extend the retirement age. Duffy replied that Congress had already given him the authority to do so.

Duffy said that air-traffic controllers can retire after 25 years of service, which means many of them retire at 50 years old, leading Duffy to propose a bonus as a solution.

Read the full article. Duffy also today said, “It’s completely safe to fly out of Newark, I do it myself all the time.”

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’s concerned about the whole of U.S. airspace after recent outages at Newark Liberty International Airport. https://t.co/4BS0hYMxux pic.twitter.com/edoBVwCIhm

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