Record-Setting July Fourth Travel Weekend Should Spur Congressional Action on FAA

U.S. Travel Association | June 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (June 28, 2023)—Ahead of what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) predicts will be the busiest travel day of the record-setting July 4 holiday weekend, U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the urgent need for Congress to address FAA staffing and funding shortages through the agency’s reauthorization bill: “U.S. airlines have hired more than 55,000 new workers since 2022 to help stave off delays, yet we need an act of Congress and FAA policy changes just to hire 1,800 air traffic controllers per year and ensure they are st...