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Sean Duffy: “Air traffic controllers, after 25 years of service can…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Meet the Press Interview with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Newark Airport Safety Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 08:26

But that's not the problem. Will you do it, though? Oh, 100%. I've already told, I've already told the union I'll do that. But here's the issue. So Air traffic controllers, after 25 years of service can retire. So many of them retire at 50 years old. Well, before that, 56 year mandatory retirement. What I've done is said, hey, listen, these are the best controllers we have in the airspace. Let's give them a bonus. (08:26–08:32)

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Asserts that many air traffic controllers retire at 50 after 25 years of service.

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