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renewed focus on aviation safety.


Trump issued a memo


after the Washington crash to top transportation offi- cials, ordering an immedi- ate assessment of aviation safety. He also raised ques-


tions about hiring practices within the FAA, suggesting previous Democrat admin- istrations had shifted away from merit-based hiring. Trump has said that he


would support legislation aimed at modernizing the air traffic control system. In a letter sent to mem-


bers of Congress, the indus- try group Airlines for Amer- ica pushed for emergency funding for critical air traf- fic control. Trump has been critical of the cost of mod- ernizing current aviation safety systems, saying the United States has spent bil- lions of dollars to renovate a system that has been cob- bled together when it should instead build a new one. “We should have had


better equipment,” Trump said. “We don’t. We have obso- lete equipment.” Trump also said that the Washington crash would


never have happened if the United States had the right equipment. Many passengers are asking, is flying getting more dangerous? Jaimee Rindy, a 28-year-old who lives in Atlanta, told


The New York Times she developed a fear of flying a few years ago. This feeling has grown more intense in recent months, she said. “It’s difficult to feel safe when you’re completely out of


control and when you really have no sense of what’s hap- pening while you’re in the aircraft,” Rindy said. “Ultimately, that’s the scariest part of being a passen-


ger. It’s that loss of trust in the industry.” Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator for the


FAA and National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to determine the common factors connect- ing the recent accidents involving U.S. carriers. “Myriad issues,” including weather and FAA policies,


“It’s difficult to feel safe when you’re completely out of control and when you really have no sense of what’s happening while you’re in the aircraſt.”


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— Jaimee Rindy, airline passenger


were involved, he said. Aviation experts insist that flying is by far the safest


form of travel. Arnold Barnett, a statistics professor at the MIT Sloan


School of Management, said the risk of dying on a flight is close to zero. The high-profile accidents of late are a coincidence, he said. “Twelve million people board planes every day, on


average, each year,” Barnett told the Times. “The over- whelming majority of days, not a single passenger is injured, let alone killed.”


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