Tag Archives: Sean Duffy

Washington DC’s Fox affiliate reports: A plane hit another plane’s wing while on the runway at Reagan National Airport Thursday afternoon, according to members of Congress who say they were onboard. Two American Airlines planes clipped wings at Reagan Airport, according to the FAA. One flight was bound for JFK International Airport and the other was headed to Charleston International …

The Christian Post reports: Midshipmen at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy erupted in raucous applause last week when Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy called for a painting of Jesus to be brought up from the flood-prone basement where it was placed during the Biden administration. “Can we bring Jesus up from the basement?” he asked, looking to the USMMA administration. …

Gothamist reports: Mayor Eric Adams toured a Manhattan station with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday, as the head of the MTA tried in vain to join both men. MTA Chair Janno Lieber said he was stuck in a “Where’s Waldo game” on a platform of the Brooklyn Borough Hall subway station as he looked for Duffy — who recently …

CNN reports: A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday. Delta 2983 was departing Reagan Airport around 3:15 p.m. and heading to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport …

Gothamist reports: MTA data published Monday shows the agency collected nearly $52 million from drivers through its congestion pricing tolls in February, the same month President Donald Trump decreed the program should be scuttled while comparing himself to a king. The haul means the MTA raked in just over $100 million through congestion pricing between its launch on Jan. 5 …

Gothamist reports: The Trump administration said on Thursday it would extend its deadline for the MTA to kill its congestion pricing tolls by 30 days so that negotiations with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office over the tolling program could continue. President Donald Trump last month issued an ultimatum demanding the MTA turn off its congestion pricing cameras by Friday. Hochul and …

Politico reports: The families of several people who died or were seriously injured in Tesla crashes involving self-driving technologies urged the Transportation Department on Tuesday to continue scrutinizing the electric vehicle company, saying they fear oversight of Elon Musk’s company will suffer under the Trump administration. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, seven families say they are worried …

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funding from New York’s mass transit network if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority did not respond to a series of demands about efforts to prevent crime on the city’s subway and buses. Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said in a letter that the M.T.A. must provide a …

ABC News reports: An American Airlines plane caught fire at Denver International Airport in Colorado on Thursday, sending passengers down emergency slides and onto the wing of the aircraft. Twelve were people being taken to the hospital with minor injuries, airport officials said. The Boeing 737-800 plane was diverted to Denver shortly after departing from Colorado Springs, Colorado. While the …

“All of the crashes that have happened over the course of our first two weeks in office, they have nothing to do with air traffic control specifically. “The last administration, they focused on a lot on green, they focused on a lot of social justice. And we’re focused on actual infrastructure. If we can get the money up front and …

Rolling Stone reports: Elon Musk’s satellite business Starlink may not have officially taken over Verizon’s $2.4 billion contract with the Federal Aviation Administration yet to upgrade the systems it uses to manage America’s airspace. However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, according to a source with knowledge of …

The Washington Post reports: The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans. The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a …

CNN reports: An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago. The Tuesday …

CNN reports: The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. The size of this contract was …

“If you wanna go protest something, if you wanna shout at someone, go to the governor’s mansion. Talk to Democrats in the state legislature who have brought us this crappy project. We’ve seen those reports from the last month on what DOGE has exposed with regard to fraud, waste, and abuse. And you know what? We’re done with that! You …

The New York Times reports: President Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan’s busiest streets to finance repairs to mass transit.  In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, the president’s transportation secretary outlined Mr. Trump’s objections to the …

From a January 2023 Fox News interview: BRET BAIER: You also brought your husband Chasten on a military aircraft to attend a sporting event in Netherlands. PETE BUTTIGIEG: That’s quite a spin to put on it. BRET BAIER: Was that reimbursed? Because that was one of the controversies. PETE BUTTIGIEG: Of course not. I led a presidential delegation to support …

Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy wrote yesterday: America deserves safe, state-of-the-art air travel, and President Trump has ordered that I deliver a new, world-class air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world. To do that, I need advice from the brightest minds in America. I’m asking for help from any high-tech American developer or company that is …

CNN reports: The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union. An exact number of firings is not yet known, but the head of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO, said that “several hundred” workers started getting firing notices on Friday — and that they …

“As a father of nine, thank you. We should have the parental freedom to decide what vaccines our kids take as opposed to school systems and governors forcing it upon the people that love these kids the most, the parents. So thank you for signing that.” – Reality contestant turned Fox host turned Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, first asking Trump …