Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has suggested the federal government may require proof of a negative COVID-19 test result in order to board domestic passenger jets. Buttigieg told “Axios on HBO” in an interview that aired Sunday that there is currently “an active conversation” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on whether to implement the requirement. “What I can tell you is it’s going to be guided by data, by science, by medicine, and by the input of the people who are actually going to have to carry this out,” Buttigieg said. “But here’s the thing: The safer we can make air travel in terms of perception as well as reality, the more people are going to be ready to get back in the air.” Pressed Monday in a CNN interview as to how likely the move would be, Buttigieg said “the CDC is looking at all its …