As passenger count increases, so do safety concerns at Austin's airport

AUSTIN (KXAN) – After more than 30 years as a fire chief and firefighter, Mike Wills was loving the second act of his career: working at Austin’s airport overseeing safety on the tarmac, his daughter Jillian Wills said.

“Every day, when he would come in on the radios, he'd be like, ‘It's a great day in aviation. It's a beautiful sunrise,’” Jillian recounted.

So, given her dad’s current position after a lifetime of work in dangerous jobs, the news Jillian received on Halloween day 2023 came as a shock.