The pandemic also messed with training new ones for a while.
> Today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it exceeded its goal of hiring 1,800 air traffic controllers in 2024, with a final total of 1,811 for Fiscal Year 2024. As the largest number of hires in nearly a decade, this marks important progress in the FAA’s work to reverse the decades-long air traffic controller staffing level decline.
Training controllers takes 2-4 years.
Are we just gonna go from one debunkable claim to another all evening?
If we’re doling out responsibility, hoping 10% of them resign probably won’t help. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-offers-incentiv...
No, we're not. A plane went down, it's an absolutely tragic event, doesnt matter what you believe politically. I specifically avoided pointing fingers by stating this event wasn't a political issue. Does it expose the fact that our air traffic control system needs more attention and funding? Yes - and hopefully that will become a priority of the current leadership. But did this event occur because one FAA head was recently fired, or because a new president just took office? No. It's actually quite offensive that people feel it is necessary to blame these deaths on a political enemy just to make some point.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3935...
SEC. 502.
Introduced by Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], passed with veto-proof bipartisan support.
Dollars to donuts congresscritters wanted the ability to fly to/fro DCA vs Dulles to save themselves time.
