Sean Duffy and Pete Hegseth might think they’ve found a solution to the shutdown flight crisis, but the pair quickly faced derision for their approach.

During the transportation secretary’s interview on CNN’s State of The Union with Jake Tapper on Sunday, the Trump official said the defense secretary had texted him with an offer to use military controllers at civilian airports.

“The secretary of war texted me yesterday and said, ‘I might have some air traffic controllers. If you could use them, I’m gonna offer them to you,’” Duffy said.

“I don’t know that I can, Jake, because they’re not certified in the airspaces that we need them,” Duffy told host Jake Tapper. “But if I can, I’m going to use them.”

This ad hoc approach was not reassuring amid ongoing air travel chaos fueled by the

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