Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan warned that President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) might not be up to the task.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Sullivan questioned Biden’s choice of Phil Washington at a time when the country has experienced numerous transportation-related accidents and aviation “near misses.” The Alaska senator called for a “qualified head for the FAA.”
“Americans take for granted that their aviation safety, flying in America, is the safest place to do it in the world,” Sullivan told host George Stephanopoulos. “But from my perspective, these are huge warning signs that you’re talking about, what we’ve been talking about. I think it’s been six near-misses in the last two months.”
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan tells @GStephanopoulos that Pres. Biden’s nominee to lead the FAA “doesn’t have a lot of experience with regard to aviation safety.”
“We need a qualified head of the FAA….
