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Duffy expands air traffic control training program to fight nationwide shortage

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy expands air traffic control training programs to address a nationwide shortage of roughly ...
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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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The US needs more air traffic controllers. These graduating students just got fast-tracked to enter the job market quicker

The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the ...
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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 ...

FAA to add 2,000 new air traffic controllers in hiring surge

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced on Thursday that 2,000 new air traffic controllers will be hired this year, ...
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Transportation Dept expands number of schools that can offer air traffic control training program

Five schools have enrolled in the AT-CTI under the Trump administration so far, including Nashua Community College, the ...
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NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t

Washington, DC (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision ...

FAA to ‘supercharge’ air traffic controller hiring

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it would aim to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers through 2028 as part of the Trump administration’s plan to ...
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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

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University and Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State ...