Mary Schiavo: Yes, We Need Oversight Over FAA Contracts

[Clip starts DUFFY In ░░░░░░░░ lot of these air ░░░░░░░░ control centers they re ░░░░░░░░ floppy disks A lot ░░░░░░░░ your young viewers don ░░░░░░░░ even know what that ░░░░░░░░ but this is really ░░░░░░░░ technology The communication system ░░░░░░░░ the Internet is not ░░░░░░░░ served So again that ░░░░░░░░ t go to air ░░░░░░░░ but that does go ░░░░░░░░ the technology that we ░░░░░░░░ Government takes 8 10 ░░░░░░░░ years to upgrade systems ░░░░░░░░ that s the enemy ░░░░░░░░ progress So we re ░░░░░░░░ to do this very ░░░░░░░░ We re going to ░░░░░░░░ at a year year ░░░░░░░░ a half timeframe and ░░░░░░░░ massive upgrades improve the ░░░░░░░░ help air traffic controllers ░░░░░░░░ our skies safer And ░░░░░░░░ time is the enemy ░░░░░░░░ ends TAUSCHE So now ░░░░░░░░ re learning about how ░░░░░░░░ some of these systems ░░░░░░░░ be Mary but we ░░░░░░░░ also learning that Elon ░░░░░░░░ s Starlink has a ░░░░░░░░ contract to assist the ░░░░░░░░ raising some conflict of ░░░░░░░░ concerns Do you think ░░░░░░░░ the technology is so ░░░░░░░░ that someone like Musk ░░░░░░░░ help it What s ░░░░░░░░ view here SCHIAVO Well ░░░░░░░░ is outdated but even ░░░░░░░░ I was inspector general ░░░░░░░░ had investigation after investigation ░░░░░░░░ not only the outdated ░░░░░░░░ but the fact that ░░░░░░░░ FAA had great difficulty ░░░░░░░░ these contracts We were ░░░░░░░░ billion dollar air traffic ░░░░░░░░ modernization contracts because the ░░░░░░░░ was simply not on ░░░░░░░░ of the contractors So ░░░░░░░░ we need improvement yes ░░░░░░░░ need more equipment and ░░░░░░░░ need better investment but ░░░░░░░░ of all we need ░░░░░░░░ over these contracts and ░░░░░░░░ So if we re ░░░░░░░░ to bring in Starlink ░░░░░░░░ s got to be ░░░░░░░░ top of this and ░░░░░░░░ at the FAA has ░░░░░░░░ be in charge and ░░░░░░░░ what they re doing ░░░░░░░░ the problem is we ░░░░░░░░ when I was inspector ░░░░░░░░ we just didn t ░░░░░░░░ the expertise within the ░░░░░░░░ to run these contracts ░░░░░░░░ so contracts and contractors ░░░░░░░░ running them up It ░░░░░░░░ going to take some ░░░░░░░░ oversight and I hope ░░░░░░░░ Duffy s prepared for ░░░░░░░░ He s got to ░░░░░░░░ top people on it ░░░░░░░░ TAUSCHE Hopefully officials hopefully ░░░░░░░░ will heed that warning ░░░░░░░░ someone who has seen ░░░░░░░░ firsthand Mary Schiavo our ░░░░░░░░ to you this morning.”