” he added. "However, we are concerned about the potential effect to public safety and the efficiency and capacity of the air traffic control system if FAA were to lose experienced aviation safety personnel during a universally recognized air traffic c...
Air Traffic Controller (离职员工) - 2025年3月17日 Great experience and the takeaway from working around people you may not ordinarily know or associate with is a life lesson everyone should experience. Character building, community, friendships, and interpersonal growth are just a few major ideals...
Air Traffic Controller (离职员工) - 2025年3月17日 Great experience and the takeaway from working around people you may not ordinarily know or associate with is a life lesson everyone should experience. Character building, community, friendships, and interpersonal growth are just a few major ideal...
As the plane leaves that airspace division and enters another, the air traffic controller passes it off to the controllers responsible for the new airspace division. Some pilots of small aircraft fly by vision only (visual flight rules, or VFR). These pilots are not required by the FAA to...
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concerns about an overtaxed and understaffed air traffic control system for years, especially after a series of close calls between planes at U.S. airports. Among the reasons they’ve cited for staffing shortages are uncompetitive pay, long shifts, intensive ...
However, as a potential air traffic controller, the long wait may be a turn-off to many, especially considering that there is a time limit: the FAA will not hire new ATCs older than 30 due to this job’s younger-than-average required retirement age....
“Chronically low staffing has been a problem for a while,” says Paul Rinaldi, a former air traffic controller and vice president of the Global Air Traffic Controller Alliance. “We stopped training during Covid, and a lot of people retired. This does have a negative impact on the volume ...
“Whatever group we hire are going to have to through the same process, no matter what,” Daniels said. “No matter your race, no matter your gender. The more that apply that will be able to handle those rigorous standards, we want them to come and become an air traffic controller.” ...
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay. The union for air traffic controllers recommended to its members that they not accept Tuesday’...