Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Joins FAA Controller Training Program

Embry-Riddle Joins FAA Controller Training Program

Third school to participate in the FAA’s Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative program

Frederick ATC Tower (Photo: Bill Carey) — As the FAA spools up air traffic controller hiring, the agency is looking for collegiate partners to help provide training. © Bill Carey

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

November 25, 2024

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) signed an agreement to become the third school, and the first outside of Oklahoma, to participate in the FAA’s Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program. Under the agreement with the FAA, ERAU’s Daytona Beach, Florida campus will offer the same curriculum and use the same training technologies as the FAA Air Traffic Controller Academy in Oklahoma City.

The agency has formed similar agreements with Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma as it seeks to expand its training capacity to facilitate a ramp-up in air traffic controller training. As it continues to scale up its controller hiring—the FAA hired 1,500 controllers in 2023, is hiring 1,800 this year, and plans to hire 2,000 in 2025—the agency continues to accept applications from schools interested in participating in the Enhanced AT-CTI program.

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