That logistical challenge has left the FAA with a huge training backlog from the pandemic and too few controllers in places like New York Center.
"A lot of this isn't reinventing the wheel," said David Slotnick, senior aviation business reporter at The Points Guy."It's sort of just oiling it up, basically making sure it can spin again."
"We need to make sure, of course, that as that system comes back to that high level of demand, there is no negative safety impact to that," said Pete Buttigieg, transportation secretary. "People don't really realize the work that goes into being a controller," Slotnick said."You have to train immensely. You have to be really good at all these procedures and everything that you have to go through weeks of training in the place that you're actually working.
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