Elon Musk on Thursday urged retired air traffic controllers to come back to work.
“There is a shortage of top notch air traffic controllers. If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so,” Musk wrote in a post on social media platform X.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has faced a longstanding shortage of air traffic controllers, but a string of recent aviation incidents has prompted increased scrutiny of the agency.
In January, 67 people were killed in a deadly mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial American Airlines plane at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport….