This likely had little direct effect on the crash at Reagan airport, but the crash highlighted staffing shortages, causing the Trump administration to tell FAA employees they could no longer apply for deferred resignation offer they had received days earlier.
After DC Crash That Killed 67 People President Donald Trump has moved to fire hundreds of FAA probationary workers responsible for critical air traffic control infrastructure just weeks after a plane crash in Washington, DC, that killed 67 people.
The Hill reported that Duffy said on Sunday he will visit the FAA Academy later this week to take a look at how air traffic controllers are trained.