Transportation Secretary Unveils Plan to Boost Hiring of Air Traffic Controllers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the plan will cut hiring time.
Transportation Secretary Unveils Plan to Boost Hiring of Air Traffic Controllers
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a press conference at Union Station in Los Angeles in an undated file photograph. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Feb. 27 unveiled a plan to speed up the hiring of new air traffic controllers to address a staffing shortage after a series of airline incidents.

Prospective hires now only need to go through five steps in the hiring process instead of eight, Duffy said. That will cut more than four months off the previous process, according to the Department of Transportation.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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