ATC
ATC Attrition Can Be Blunted
The FAA will be able to cope with the loss of almost half of its air traffic controller workforce over the next nine years if it can keep better track of a

The FAA will be able to cope with the loss of almost half of its air traffic controller workforce over the next nine years if it can keep better track of attrition by locale and assess a new controller’s potential to certify at a certain ATC facility level, according to the Transportation Department’s office of inspector general (OIG).

The OIG audited the FAA air traffic controller placement and training process between April last year and this past January and determined that the FAA faces a substantial challenge to hire and train new controllers within a tightly constrained operating budget.