'Scared To Death': Former FAA Employee Sounds Alarm On Mass Firings
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Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander, who was fired while working on a defense program with the agency, said the public "needs to be concerned" over the firings.
A former employee with the Federal Aviation Administration issued a dire warning this week after he and hundreds of other probationary employees at the agency were fired amid mass cuts in the federal government under President Donald Trump.
“This is about protecting national security, and I’m scared to death,” said Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander, who was part of the FAA’s National Airspace System Defense Program, in an interview with The Associated Press.
“And the American public should be scared too.”
Spitzer-Stadtlander — who says he was working on a program in Hawaii to detect incoming cruise missiles — told the AP that he imagined his job was safe because his branch was tied to national security threats.
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Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander, who was fired while working on a defense program with the agency, said the public "needs to be concerned" over the firings.
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