Trump administration wants bill to establish new air traffic control system
CBSN
The Trump administration hopes to upgrade and replace the nation's entire air traffic control system, with President Trump saying Thursday morning that he'll work with Congress on a bill to that end.
Billionaire Elon Musk, a special government employee in charge of the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency task force, said Wednesday that his DOGE team will work to make "rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system." On Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Mr. Trump suggested Congress should fund a completely new air traffic control system, in the wake of last week's Blackhawk helicopter-commercial plane midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67.
The president said he and congressional leaders will sit down and "do a great computerized system for our control towers, brand new," rather than trying to improve the current system.
