
Airlines for America
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Airlines for America (A4A) is the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines.
Washington, DC
Joined December 2009
Thanks @SecDuffy for your dedication and leadership to recruit and train more air traffic controllers! We appreciate your efforts to keep flying the safest mode of transportation.
Solving the air traffic control shortage will help restore the public’s faith in air travel. We’re pulling every lever to expand the hiring pipeline and get more of the BEST and BRIGHTEST into our towers!🇺🇸
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The $12.5B is an important down payment to overhaul our nation's ATC system. Thanks @POTUS @SecDuffy for your dedication to recruit and train more controllers.
Thanks to @POTUS’ One Big Beautiful Bill, @USDOT got a historic $12.5B to upgrade our air traffic control system. We’re also streamlined the application process for the FAA academy so the best and brightest are seated quickly. RESULTS🇺🇸
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America urgently needs updated ATC technology and facilities. Thanks @SecDuffy for your unwavering dedication to overhauling our country's system.
They’re using foil to make connections!. I saw firsthand how outdated the equipment is at the Kenai Flight Service Station in the great state of Alaska. This ends now. @USDOT is spending money from @POTUS’ One Big Beautiful Bill to build them an air traffic control system they
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We agree! America deserves and needs the best technology for our ATC system and for air travelers.
These are a few pictures of the outdated equipment I saw during my tour of an air traffic control tower. I’m getting rid of this and building a brand new system with the money from @POTUS’ One Big Beautiful Bill. America deserves the best and most advanced technology for its
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Thank you @SecDuffy for your leadership, dedication and tireless work to improve and update America’s ATC system.
Join me live from Duluth, Minnesota, at one of the oldest air traffic control towers across the country. Hear how we’re delivering a brand new system with the historic downpayment from @POTUS’ One Big Beautiful Bill ⬇️⬇️
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A4A is thrilled about Vaughn College's entry into @FAANews' enhanced CTI program and appreciates the bipartisan support for this meaningful step in addressing the ATC staffing shortages in the NYC area.
Great wages and training close to home. It’s a good time for New Yorkers to train for a job in air traffic control! . We need 4,000 more air traffic controllers in the U.S. in order to make sure our skies are safe. Vaughn College in Queens is stepping up.
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Thank you @SecDuffy @SenTedCruz for your continued leadership to keep our skies safe. Let's give America the airspace it deserves! ✈️.
Safety is NOT partisan. We will spare no expense to make sure our skies are the SAFEST in the WORLD as we usher in the next generation of aviation 🌎. Thank you @SenTedCruz for pushing this forward.
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Robert Ireland, @SAEIntl 2025 President/Chair of the Board, will give the keynote at the upcoming A4A NDT Forum, taking place in Fort Worth Sept. 22-25. Don’t miss the chance to hear from him about current trends, issues & successes in NDT methodologies:
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