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Thanks POLITICO Live for inviting me to discuss all the work The FAA ✈️ is doing to keep our airspace safe. We can never rest on our laurels when it comes to safety, and all of the players in this ecosystem have their role.

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Airline seat sizes are a safety issue, says Witte.

Pinkerton rebuts: the FAA has twice studied and said today’s seat sizes are safe.
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TUNE IN NOW: @POLITICO's Oriana Pawlyk is talking w/ Erin Witte of Consumer Federation of America, Rich Santa of NATCA, Hassan Shahidi, PhD of Flight Safety Foundation, Sharon Pinkerton of Airlines for America at POLITICO Live's State of the Airline Industry.

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FAA's Whitaker says his Boeing factory floor tour was revealing, very 'focused on production' but 'It was about 45 mins into the story before I heard the word safety....' ... so he spoke to employees afterword.
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NOW LIVE: Erin Witte of Consumer Federation of America, Rich Santa of NATCA, Hassan Shahidi, PhD of Flight Safety Foundation, Sharon Pinkerton of Airlines for America. #POLITICOTravel x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I’ll be following up with an interview with FAA Mike Whitaker and then a panel with Consumer Federation of America, Airlines for America, Flight Safety Foundation and NATCA.
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Hi! I'll be interviewing Senator Jerry Moran tomorrow morning for POLITICO's 'Flight Path: State of the Airline Industry.' It'll be around 8:50.

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NOW LIVE: CEO of Southwest Airlines Bob Jordan, joins EVP and General Manager of Media Business Cally Baute, for an executive conversation. #POLITICOTravel x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

JUST IN: FAA administrator says for 'the next 18 months' air traffic controllers still will be understaffed.

Beginning in 2025, will see 'net gain' in controllers due to earlier hiring. 'We're doing everything we can' to hire direct, incl from the military.

LIVE: The FAA administrator is on stage now...

NEXT UP🛫: @POLITICO's Oriana Pawlyk is talking with FAA Mike Whitaker at POLITICO Live's State of the Airline Industry. #POLITICOTravel

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NOW LIVE: Administrator of The FAA ✈️ FAA Mike Whitaker joins the stage with POLITICO's Oriana Pawlyk. #POLITICOTravel x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Moran says air traffic control is “complex and overworked.” Is glad FAA reauth included more. But need more tech for safety systems. Calls out airplane manufacturers to make sure they’re safe but w/o saying “Boeing”