The application window opens just once a year for a short time.
– The ultra-competitive application window to become an air traffic controller with the Federal Aviation Administration opens Friday.Those specialized workers are in high demand, with low staffing levels prompting warnings of possible gridlock and delays for the summer travel season.The problem is so severe at a key facility in New York that the agency is warning summer delays at the area’s three main airports could rise by 45%.
“It’s the backbone for aviation,” said Camren Smith, one of the air traffic control students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida ready to hit “submit” the moment the application window opens. “Over time this builds, and that’s why we have such a gap now in the training of controllers and they need to hire so many more,” McCormick said.
“It’s probably every single time I ever hear someone say that it’s such a stressful job, and I’m sitting here, and I’m like, ‘I can do it,’” Smith said.Billy Nolen, the acting head of the FAA, insists hiring is on schedule, but it might not be fast enough to keep flights on schedule this summer.
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