According to lawmakers, the Ronal Dragan Washington National Airport has long been a problem for shortage of personnel and overworked air transport. Air raids since 2001.
“We know the Reagan National Aerial Transportation Control Tower, which was supposed to have about 30 aviation control officers. [on staff]Washington and nationwide only about 19 due to severe aerial control officers, “said Senator Tim Kane. On Friday, he said in MSNBC's “Morning Joe”.
“I usually know that there are people in the tower who handle helicopter transportation, and someone else handles airplane traffic. These pilots speak at various frequencies,” Kaine ( D-VA is described.
Representative TROY NEHLS, a member of the lower house transport and infrastructure committee, had long known the “problem of staffing” by an official of the Federal Aviation Bureau (FAA), and the involved aircraft controller “handled helicopters. Not just, “he told the post. He was flying Potomac up and down, but also supervised the aircraft. “
“These responsibilities should have been shared,” Nehls (R-Texas) said. “I was the only one who was doing that job.”
“The Ronald Ronald Ronald Reagan Washington National AirTa has 25 certified professional controllers and three certified professional controllers (CPC-IT),” FAA spokeswoman told the post.
“CPC-IT was previously certified in other facilities. The tower has 28 controllers.”
However, according to a preliminary report from an agency, we discovered that the dispatching level was “not normal between timing and traffic.” According to Fox NewsIt is known that air traffic controllers will escape from the duty of rest or if there are few incoming flights.
Last year's FAA labor plan show The DCA tower set a target of 2024 personnel placement, which was optimal for 30.
“Can all pilots can hear each other because one has to process both and switch different frequencies back and forth?”
The FAA representative did not respond to the comments on whether the air control officer was working on the two.
Nehls is “FOX & FRIENDS” on Friday, and air control officers are built in the coastal wetlands on the Potomac Virginia side, and “very stressed” “” very stressed, “which covers the crowded airports adjacent to some of the world's most restricted airspaces. He said he had a job.
According to the Labor Plan, FAA officials reduced their employment targets from 900 to 510 in FY2021 and covered the high travel restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic, but later raised their goals to 1,800. It will be held by the end of 2024.
Some airline executives have recently issued alarms about lack of recruitment initiatives.
“I think the 3,000 controllers are now short,” said the Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle, about the Kraman Countdown in early 2024.
Labor is “forced the FAA for long -term freezing to the FAA” under the former President Barak Obama, “Large -scale in the first Trump administration,” a large -scale closure of the federal government. In documents, the disability is written on the “discretionary isolation of the entire government”, which is a hiring, hiring and “large -scale employment.” Training delay. “
President Trump claimed at a press conference on Thursday that his predecessor claimed that “the FAA program has a great propulsion to introduce diversity,” and former Transport Secretary Pete Battigeg said FAA. Run directly to the ground with diversity.
“The promotion of FAA diversity includes focusing on hiring serious intellectual and mental disorders,” said the President. “That's amazing.”
The labor plan in the Biden era states that “FAA is fully working on equal employment opportunities, and we will maintain and maintain specialized and comprehensive labor.” Sex and Contact Strategy Plan 2021-2025.
“We promise to focus on outreach and recruitment to the community, which has a low participation rate. [air traffic controller] Occupations, specifically, “disabled, air development program (ADP), minority service institutions, Hispanic service institutions, and HBCU”.
The National AirSpace Safety Review team issued a report saying “I have raised serious concerns about the controller fatigue and the time outside of working hours,” and recommend “10 hours from the shift and a 12 -hour break from the midnight shift”. I did.
In 2023, it was established to receive a complaint that was revealed that the air traffic control staff fell asleep and mentally fell asleep, and that it was known that colleagues and work were physically attacked. FAA hotline is The New York Times reported。
Some people have even committed suicide.
Congress was passed FAA re -approval bill In May 2024, the law was later signed by the law, and the provisions of hiring the “maximum number of individuals that can be trained at the Federal Aviation Academy Academy” in the fourth fiscal year.
An agency administrator has been instructed to investigate the needs of air control officers to “maintain the safety of the National Space System”.
“There were about 80 different safety recommendations in the re -approval,” Nehls posted on Friday.
Texas Republicans said that he and other colleagues were waiting for a comprehensive report from the National Transportation Safety Committee on CRASH drops before the next step.
The person in charge of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association did not respond to the comments.
