Musk decries "shortage" of air traffic controllers weeks after offering them buyouts

The billionaire and SpaceX boss made the plea just weeks after he and Donald Trump offered air traffic controllers a buyout offer to leave their positions.

Hundreds of other FAA employees, many of them probationary workers, were fired earlier this month .

Staffing shortages have plagued the FAA for years , but an uptick in aviation incidents in the past month has reignited concerns about employee workloads.