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Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting nearly 2 million civil servants the ability to resign from their positions in exchange for eight months of severance pay. It is part of a sweeping effort to slash the size of the federal government in hopes of a bureaucratic overhaul.
The buyout offers came one day before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter just outside Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people. The same week, a medical transport jet crashed into a busy intersection in northeast Philadelphia, resulting in seven deaths and 19 injured—and making the three-day span the deadliest in U.S. aviation since 2001.
While the buyout offer was initially sent to air traffic controllers, along with other Federal Aviation Administration employees, an official with the Office of Personnel Management told the Associated Press on Friday that controllers are not eligible for the offer. An OPM spokesperson told Fortune air traffic controllers were exempt from the buyout, even before the administration’s clarification.
And on Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN “the critical positions in regard to safety” are not given the buyout option. According to an updated fact sheet from the Office of Personnel Management, federal employees in “positions related to public safety and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency” are exempt.
“We’re going to keep all our safety positions in place, no early retirement,” Duffy said. “We’re all going to stay and work and make sure our skies are safe.”
After offering buyouts to air traffic controllers, Trump’s administration says they’re exempt from ‘early retirement’ following deadly plane crashes
January’s tragedies reignited concern on the impact of air traffic controller shortages on aviation safety.
After offering buyouts to air traffic controllers, Trump administration says they’re exempt from ‘early retirement’ following deadly plane crashes
- Air traffic controllers are exempt from a buyout offer President Trump’s administration introduced last week to nearly 2 million federal workers, including controllers. The clarification follows two deadly plane crashes, which renewed fears of the impact of air traffic controller shortages on aviation safety.
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting nearly 2 million civil servants the ability to resign from their positions in exchange for eight months of severance pay. It is part of a sweeping effort to slash the size of the federal government in hopes of a bureaucratic overhaul.
The buyout offers came one day before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter just outside Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people. The same week, a medical transport jet crashed into a busy intersection in northeast Philadelphia, resulting in seven deaths and 19 injured—and making the three-day span the deadliest in U.S. aviation since 2001.
While the buyout offer was initially sent to air traffic controllers, along with other Federal Aviation Administration employees, an official with the Office of Personnel Management told the Associated Press on Friday that controllers are not eligible for the offer. An OPM spokesperson told Fortune air traffic controllers were exempt from the buyout, even before the administration’s clarification.
And on Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN “the critical positions in regard to safety” are not given the buyout option. According to an updated fact sheet from the Office of Personnel Management, federal employees in “positions related to public safety and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency” are exempt.
“We’re going to keep all our safety positions in place, no early retirement,” Duffy said. “We’re all going to stay and work and make sure our skies are safe.”