Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian pushed back this week on claims from the political Left that President Donald Trump’s cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will impact air travel safety.
The comments from Bastian come after one of Delta’s planes was involved in an accident in Toronto this week during landing. The plane’s rear landing gear snapped upon impact, causing the plane’s wing to clip the ground and the jetliner to flip over.
Bastian appeared on “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday to address the recent plane crash at Toronto-Pearson International Airport, where a Delta flight from Minneapolis overturned while landing at the Canadian airport.
“Do those cuts worry you and do you think that impacts safety?” CBS News host Gayle King asked Bastian on “CBS Mornings.” “Do these cuts affect you?”
“The cuts do not affect us, Gayle,” Bastian responded….
