The regulator still uses some computer systems that rely on floppy disks and other outdated hardware, according to one air traffic control union leader.

Wednesday will feature a hearing in the Senate with FAA leadership and another in the House with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

At a House Appropriations Committee meeting yesterday regarding the Department of Transportation’s fiscal budget for 2026, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) referenced Duffy’s comments. She suggested that Duffy “diverted [his] wife from Newark airport to LaGuardia out of a sense of security.”