Musk's DOGE team to visit US FAA air traffic control command center on Monday

Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team, DOGE, will visit the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control command center in Warrenton, Virginia, on Monday, as the Trump administration says it wants to reform the system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy disclosed the plan in a social media post on Sunday, saying DOGE will "get a firsthand look at the current system, learn what air traffic controllers like and dislike about their current tools, and envision how we can make a new, better, modern and safer system." The Trump administration this month reversed course and said it would not allow air traffic controllers or Transportation Security Administration security officers to take part in a government incentive program to quit. On Saturday, the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union said several hundred FAA probationary employees were among thousands fired as part of a campaign by President Donald Trump and Musk to slash the U.S. bureaucracy. The union said the "draconian action will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin." The FAA did not immediately comment on Sunday.<br/>