Shutdown wiped out hundreds of FAA controller trainees, compounding staffing woes

The 43-day federal government shutdown pushed hundreds of prospective air traffic controllers out of the training ranks, ...
Yahoo

Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question ...
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Air traffic controller shortages: University-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question ...
New York Post

Air traffic controller shortage of 3,800 due to DEI practices cutting ‘too white, too elite’ candidates: lawyer

A critical shortage of 3,800 air traffic controllers is because of the Federal Aviation Administration’s DEI practices leaving a “gaping hole” in recruitment, a lawyer claimed to The Post. Over 1,000 ...
Yahoo

Keep air traffic controller training in OKC, congressional delegation urges FAA

Oklahoma's congressional delegation is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider plans to expand some air traffic controller training outside Oklahoma City. A report published last year ...
CBS News

FAA faces critical shortage of air traffic controllers. Here's a look into methods to retain and train them.

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...
Homeland Security Today

OIG Finds Inadequate Air Traffic Controller Staffing and Training at Critical Facilities

Ensuring adequate staffing and training for air traffic controllers—an essential part of maintaining the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS)—has been a challenge for the ...
NPR

Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hailee Williamson calmly directs a virtual airplane to land on a runway that looks exactly like one at the airport in Oklahoma City where the Federal Aviation Administration ...
Government Executive

Amid hiring surge, FAA taps outside schools to boost air traffic controller training

The Federal Aviation Administration has signed first-of-their-kind agreements with two schools to train new hires to be air traffic controllers, with the agency hoping to continue and build upon its ...
Business Wire

SAIC Wins $653 Million FAA Controller Training Solutions Contract

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) its Controller Training Solutions (CTS) contract to continue ...