Controllers Urge Congress to Address Staffing Crisis
U.S. Newswire, April, 2004
WASHINGTON, April 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is urging the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee to discuss with FAA Administrator Marion Blakey the looming air traffic control staffing crisis when she testifies before the Committee on Thursday.
Both the General Accounting Office and the Department of Transportation's Inspector General are forecasting major staffing shortages even as Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has called for tripling air capacity. The FAA itself anticipates a shortage of up to 50 percent in the next ten years. This is of particular concern because it takes up to five years to train a controller for this highly skilled job and not every candidate makes the cut.
The GAO has warned that...
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