These firings have consequences.
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Cohen warned about the dangers of FAA staff reductions.
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It takes the FAA many years to implement new systems. They have waterfalls. They have the process that they have to determine they need a new system and give to the program management organization to build a contract and send it out to a contractor, and it takes 6 or 7 years to put out 1 system across 400 airports in the country, is antiquated.
Thanks to a provision in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 the DOT Inspector General must conduct an audit of the FAA workforce plan.
By streamlining and optimizing the FAA's organizational structure to facilitate as much technological advancement as we possibly can, the American aviation industry won't only be able to compete with China, they will be able to supersede China, and they will remain the gold standard for advanced aerospace development and practice.
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