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How to Become an Air Traffic Controller
The job of an air traffic controller (ATC) is a challenging and oftentimes stressful one. At the same time, it can be a ...
FAA's Air Traffic Controller "Hiring Supercharge" Sees 10,000 Applicants
The number of candidates being referred to testing varied between 7,500 and 8,300, according to the FAA's leadership's ...
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Why Are Air Traffic Controller Trainees Getting A Raise?
A key aspect of this responsibility is the training and oversight of air traffic controllers (ATCs), who are responsible for guiding aircraft safely during takeoff, flight, and landing. Becoming an ...
Time To Upgrade Air Traffic Control. The Days Of Floppy Discs Must End
Our Air Traffic Control system is dangerously outdated and must rapidly modernize to avoid horrific disasters.
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The US is struggling to hire air traffic controllers. A surprising age limit and grueling schedules could fuel the problem
It takes two to three years to get a controller from being qualified … just to enter the job.” After that, there are “multiple points where they can fail out of being an air traffic ...
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FAA Administrator Hopes To Hire 2,000 More Air Traffic Controllers This Year
Right now, we have more than 10,750 air traffic controllers on the job with more than 3,000 in training. We intend to hire another 2,000 controller trainees this year.” The testimony went on to state ...
'State of the art' air traffic control system will be unveiled in the 'next couple days,' Duffy says
A brand new "state of the art" air traffic control system will be unveiled in the "next couple days," Transportation ...
Community College of Beaver County trains next generation of pilots and air traffic controllers
The program can be completed in five semesters and get students hired by the Federal Aviation Administration, with most ...