The CEO of a major airline is dismissing an emerging Democratic party talking point, as President Trump's opponents blame him for recent accidents in aviation.

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian brushed off a gotcha question from CBS News' Gayle King, who tried to draw a connection between Trump's government cuts and Monday's shocking crash in Toronto, where a Delta flight landed upside down.

"The cuts do not affect us. I've been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation," Bastian said.

CEO dismisses talking point

Bastian said the firing of about 300 federal employees has had no impact on the airline's operations. 

"Do those cuts worry you and do you think that impacts safety?" King asked Bastian.

"The reality is there's over 50,000 people that work at the FAA. And the cuts, I understand, were 300 people, and they were in non-critical safety functions," he replied.

Bastian said he trusts the Trump administration is working to address shortages in air traffic control and upgrade technology.

"The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies. They've committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators, and safety and investigators. So no, I'm not concerned with that at all," he added.

Dems stoke fear over cuts

All 80 people onboard the Delta flight survived the terrifying crash at Toronto-Pearson International Airport on Monday.

The incident was the latest in a series of aviation accidents in North America that have rattled the American public. The recent crashes have highlighted a shortage in air traffic control staffing that some have attributed to diversity in hiring. President Trump faced initial backlash for suggesting that DEI led to a catastrophic D.C. crash that killed 67 people in January.

After further deadly incidents in Philadelphia and Alaska, Democrats have tried to turn the tables by stoking fears about Trump's wide-ranging cuts to the federal workforce.

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-Ny) said Trump's "massive" layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are putting Americans at risk. Trump laid off 400 of the agency's 45,000 employees.

Meanwhile, Bastian claimed flying remains relatively safe despite recent high-profile accidents. He praised Delta's pilots for executing their "training" during Monday's crash.

"The reality is, it's safer than the car ride I took this morning to get to my office," he said.