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AIN Blog: Senator Unhappy with FAA Training Response
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is not satisfied with the answer she received about FAA cost overruns on controller training.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is not satisfied with the answer she received about FAA cost overruns on controller training.

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill got a response from acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta after she questioned cost overruns on a contract to train air traffic controllers, but it wasn’t the one she wanted.

“Why bother responding if you’re only going to offer non-answers on how your agency has failed to meet its obligations, while continuing to waste taxpayer dollars,” asked McCaskill, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on contracting oversight. “The FAA’s actions are unacceptable, and I fully intend to hold Administration officials’ feet to the fire when I call them to answer these questions face-to-face.”