Family of DC Crash Victim Praises Trump Admin Over Plan for Air Traffic Control

Transportation Secretary 🏛️Sean Duffy has announced a multibillion-dollar plan to overhaul and modernize the U.S. 🛫Air traffic control system within the next four years.

According to NPR, Duffy and the Trump administration have unveiled ambitious modernization plans after the recent events at Newark Liberty International Airport and a slew of crashes across the U.S.

“A lot of people have said: This problem is too complicated, too expensive, too hard,” Duffy said at an event at Department of Transportation headquarters. “But we are blessed to have a president who actually loves to build and knows how to build.”

Duffy said President Donald Trump “doesn’t want to pass this problem to the next administration, the next secretary, or the next set of victims.”

Duffy was reluctant to disclose the cost of the plan. Last week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee estimated that modernizing the 🛫Air traffic control system could require $12.5 billion, but Duffy suggested the actual price tag would be even higher.

The Modern Skies Coalition, composed of aviation industry experts, pilot association representatives, and others, issued a statement advocating for at least $18.5 billion in additional emergency funding over the next three years — beyond the $12.5 billion already proposed. This would be separate from the