The FAA is going to hire 15,000 controllers over the next 10 years. There ia a pool of qualified applicants (ATC college training programs, ex-military, old PATCO guys, etc.) that numbers around 5,000.
After that, they'll be hiring off the streets, probably based on aptitude test scores. There's another 5,000.
That leaves 'em short about 5,000 bodies in 6 or 7 years.
"Do you know where New York is?
Can you spell ATC?
Let's talk."
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