Delta CEO debunks Trump airline safety narrative

As we all know, Donald Trump has been on the warpath in terms of slimming down the government payroll.

As part of that, hundreds of Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) workers were fired, which Democrats have said is creating air safety issues, but the CEO of Delta just debunked that narrative. 

You're Fired

The timing of the announcement was not the best, as there had just been a mid-air collision in DC over the Potomac, but that did not stop Trump from firing FAA workers who were deemed to be fat on the bone.

The head of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union David Spero was furious after Trump fired the staffers, claiming the firings were "shameful" and "will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin."

One of those individuals laid off was Jason King, who stated, "Aviation safety should never be treated as a budget item that can just be completely cut."

The Trump administration pushed back, however, stating that no safety jobs were being cut.

Union Says Air Safety Support Workers Terminated

The woe is me narrative started after the roughly 400 workers were trimmed from the federal roster.

Philip Mann, a former FAA certified technician, tried to push back on the narrative by the administration, claiming that lives were being put at risk due to these firings.

According to Mann, while safety workers may not have been fired, staffers who do support those workers were. He stated, “It’s a stretch, but that is usually where they can draw a line to say, ‘If you can certify stuff, then you have a safety critical job. And if you don’t certify stuff, you don’t have a safety critical job.’”

The FAA has about 45,000 workers, so the firings were less than 1% of the entire workforce.

Delta CEO Says Hogwash

While Democrats and unions are claiming these layoffs are making our skies less safe, someone in the know just debunked it all... the CEO of Delta Airlines, Ed Bastian.

"CBS Mornings" co-anchor Gayle King put the question of safety to Bastian, and he responded, "The cuts do not affect us, Gayle. I've been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation. I understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there's over 50,000 people that work at the FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people, and they were in non-critical safety functions.

"The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies. They've committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators, and safety investigators. So no, I'm not concerned with that at all."

So, the American people have to decide who they trust on this one. Are you going to trust the professionals who run the show, or are you going to trust union bosses who are biased toward workers and Dems who are biased against Trump?