The President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has emphasized the need for financing on the shortage of air control officers while appearing on CNN on Saturday.
“I am here to tell you that there is no enough air control officer. We must continue to deal with it. I am grateful to Duffy Secretary. He is now, he is, he is now. Natca Nick Daniels has broadcasted the employment freezes of an aviation control officer, but now there are only 10,800 certified controllers nationwide, “says NATCA Nick Daniels.
He pointed out that the training timeline could cause an employment process delay.
“We should be 14,335. It's a strict training process, so it's not like going out and hiring 3,600 today,” he said.
“The controller takes 2-3 years to get a qualification with conditional conditions and enter the job. There are multiple points that may fail due to an air control officer. From the Academy to the local area. Until everything, until all of the simulation training, all of them talked to the aircraft, “Daniels continued.
Daniels argued that maintaining the safety standards and staffing requirements of the aviation control industry's experts would require more funds.
“It is a re -approval of the FAA, which is the largest employment of air control officers for five years, but it is necessary to focus on it, confirm that it is properly funded, and it must enter the modernization.” He said.
“We also want to cooperate with President Trump and the best and the brightest recruitment.”
NATCA's president has concluded by emphasizing the long -time time to increase the number of air control officers' stressers following the fatal airplane CRASH accident this week at Reagan National Airport.
“As we mentioned, we have to talk about the stress of this work. We are currently 60 weeks, and to make up many of these losses of air control officers a week. He brings stress and fatigue. “
“We want to work with this administration to pay the salary and stress associated with this job.”
A fatal collision between the American Airlines plane and the Army's Black Hawk Helicopter died of 67 people. Investigations have been conducted to determine the cause of the atmosphere, one of the worst in the past few decades.
