As Congress races to avert a looming government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) faces two threats when the clock strikes midnight on Sunday, according to The Hill.
In addition to losing federal funding, the law underpinning the FAA's existence could also expire without being renewed, as its deadline coincides with the one to keep the government open.
"It's not just the shutdown: FAA is operating on a 5-year authorization that also expires this Sunday, unless Congress acts," Buttigieg said. "This chaos among House Republicans must end so that Congress can do its job." He added that allowing the FAA's authorization to lapse would also mean that it could not collect revenue, which would mean a "tax holiday" for the airlines that would probably be "unrecoverable."
"The complexity of the hiring and training process means even a shutdown lasting a few days could mean we will not meet our staffing and hiring targets next year," he said.
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