Air Travel Debacles Put Pete Buttigieg in the Hot Seat

Air Travel Debacles Put Pete Buttigieg in the Hot Seat

Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, is facing scrutiny after a meltdown by Southwest Airlines and a Federal Aviation Administration system outage wreaked havoc on flights.
F.A.A. Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System

F.A.A. Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System

The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights Wednesday morning after a system to alert pilots to safety issues went down, just two weeks after a major Southwest Airlines meltdown.