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Did U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy say in a Fox News interview in November 2025 that "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings"?
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited BNA amid air traffic control staffing shortages. Stress for controllers has only become worse as they work without pay during the government shutdown.
As the federal shutdown continues, US flights will be reduced to “a trickle” in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday because of rising air traffic control staffing shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in remarks that aired on Sunday.
Major airlines say they are planning to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday -- out of thousands of daily flights -- as the FAA is set to begin limiting flight capacity.
Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, warned earlier this week that if the shutdown went on, he could close parts of the national airspace to traffic.
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Sean Duffy Might Have Leaked A Billionaire Private Astronaut's Plan In Desperate Bid To Save His Job At NASA
The leak appeared to be an attempt to derail any attempt to renominate Isaacman, allowing Duffy to continue as interim administrator at a minimum.