Press Releases
FAA’s Air Traffic Controller Hiring, Staffing & Training to be Focus of HearingThe Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week to review the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) air traffic controller hiring, staffing, and training plans and related issues. For example, the Department of Transportation Inspector General has recently reported on the challenges FAA continues to face in ensuring enough fully trained controllers at critical ATC facilities, including weaknesses in determining staffing at some air route traffic control centers and anticipating retirements. The Inspector General has also found that FAA lacks accurate and complete data on optimal controller scheduling practices and fatigue, and the agency has not yet established an effective process for balancing training requirements with pending retirements. The hearing will examine these and other issues, as well as the FAA’s efforts in addressing them. The Subcommittee hearing, entitled, “A Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Controller Hiring, Staffing, and Training Plans,” is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. Witness List: More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information, and link to live webcast will be posted here as it becomes available. # # # |