Air-Traffic Union Analyzing Safety Impact of FAA Firings

A union representing air safety personnel said it’s reviewing the fallout from a slew of firings late Friday that affected US Federal Aviation Administration employees, just a few weeks after the worst US civil aviation disaster in decades.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which represents air-traffic controllers, engineers, and other aviation safety professionals, said in a statement that it “is analyzing the effect of the reported federal employee terminations on aviation safety, the national airspace system and our members.”