Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday that his plan “enhanced” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers after many deadly plane crashes in the past two months.
According to Duffy, the FAA will “simplify” the five-step process of its eight-step recruitment process, hoping it will speed up the time to hire “critical positions.”
He said the agreement changes would shave for more than four months in the old process.
Additionally, the agency will “raise people in training by nearly 30%” to apply for training.
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President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in the James Brady news briefing room at the White House. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
“We hope the best and smartest people will accelerate their entry into the academy,” Duffy wrote in the post. “This administration is committed to addressing the air traffic control shortage that has existed for too long.”
Fox News (FAC) figures reported that the FAA’s mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers is 55, resulting in high turnover rates.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced plans to “enhance” the FAA by simplifying the recruitment process for air traffic controllers. (Getty Image)
Duffy noted that the FAA training academy also slowed down during Covid-19, with small class sizes delaying the process.
While more than 50,000 people work at the FAA, President Donald Trump announced the recent cuts that would allow 300 non-critical workers to rule from the troops.
Over the past few months, Duffy’s new policy has been followed by many aviation disasters in the United States, including an air collision of an army Black Hawk Helicopter A commercial passenger plane in Washington, D.C. claimed the lives of 67 people on two planes.
A few days after the DC crash, the deadliest aviation accident in the country in more than 20 years, a Medevac plane crashed into the streets of Philadelphia, killing all six people on the ship and killing one on the ground.
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On January 29, after the Army Blackhawk helicopter crashed, emergency response units searched the Potomac River for American Airlines’ crash site. (tasos katopodis/getty image)
More disasters followed, with 10 people killed in the Alaska crash, while a crash in Arizona was killed.
In neighboring Canada, 21 people were injured when a delta plane exploded in flames when the crash landed Pearson Airport in Toronto February 17.
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Still, the point continues to convey the message: “Flying is still the safest way to travel.”
Duffy said he was “committed to restoring the FAA’s security mission” and hoped that “more great candidates” would join the agency.
Anders Hagstrom and Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
