The supercharge plan was announced after the DOT secretary took a tour of the FAA Academy at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. [Credit: Shutterstock}
Key Takeaways:
The FAA announced a "supercharge" plan to accelerate the hiring of air traffic controllers, with the application window open until March 17.
This initiative aims to address a decade-long staffing shortage within the aviation safety community.
The hiring process is being streamlined from eight steps to five, which will cut over four months from the time it takes to hire new controllers.
New trainees will be assigned to facilities nationwide after academy graduation to gain certification alongside experienced controllers.
The FAA will “supercharge the hiring of air traffic controllers” and “bring more of America’s best and brightest into the aviation safety community,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday.
Following Duffy’s announcement, the agency said its hiring window, which opened Thursday, will remain so until March 17.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
