Congressman Ellzey talks air safety after airport collision [Video]

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Jake Ellzey spent two decades as a military pilot, flying helicopters, F-14s and F/A-18s.

After that, he became a commercial airline pilot and small business owner.

The Republican said when looking to the future, start with the fact that America has the best-trained air traffic control in the world. But we still need more workers.

“I think that there will always be a need for more of them as the skies get more busy,” he told us on Inside Texas Politics. “So, I think we will always look at staffing and finding a way to provide more money to provide an adequate number of staff in towers.”

Congressman Ellzey, R-Waxahachie, points out that Reagan National has always been a busy airport based on its proximity to helicopter …