US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revealed the FAA's reliance on eBay and 3D printing for replacement parts due to its aging technology. He acknowledged the need for a major overhaul of the ...

US transportation secretary Sean Duffy has revealed a crisis in the FAA due to outdated equipment and staffing shortages, leading to reliance on eBay and 3D printing for parts. A fatal midair ...

“We do try to buy replacement parts on eBay for this really old equipment ... Once a candidate completes instruction at the FAA Academy, Duffy told senators, it takes between one and three ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has resorted to buying replacement parts on eBay and making new parts with 3D printers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told lawmakers Thursday — as the ...

Seventy-six percent of the FAA's 138 Air Traffic Control systems ... “We do try to buy replacement parts on eBay for this really old equipment. Sometimes we can’t even find it on eBay, so ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told NBC the FAA uses equipment up to 50 years old and purchases some spare parts from eBay. The White House announced last week a multibillion-dollar plan to ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told NBC the FAA uses equipment up to 50 years old and purchases some spare parts from eBay. The White House announced last week a multibillion-dollar plan to ...

Newsweek has reached out to the FAA for comment via email on ... The equipment that we use, much of it we can't buy parts for new, we have to go on eBay and buy parts if one part goes down.

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As one example of how outdated some facilities and equipment have become, Duffy said during a press presentation, the FAA sometimes has to source spare parts on eBay because they are no longer ...