{"id":25581,"date":"2022-08-12T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=25581"},"modified":"2023-04-25T01:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:40:47","slug":"faa-receives-nearly-58000-applicants-for-1500-air-traffic-control-atc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/12\/faa-receives-nearly-58000-applicants-for-1500-air-traffic-control-atc-job\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Receives nearly 58,000 applicants for 1,500 ATC jobs |Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> (FAA) has received more than 57,500 applications for this year’s job opening for air traffic controllers(ATC). To be precise, FAA received 57,956 applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the agency continues to avoid any sort of staffing shortage as well as flight delays and cancellations, the agency had opened job vacancies for 1,500 open air traffic controller positions. Earlier in July, acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen stated that the FAA was on track to hire 1,000 controllers this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fewer ATC controllers compared to 2011: FAA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2011, there were over 15,000 air traffic controllers including trainees on board the FAA, according to the head of the ATC union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By the beginning of 2022, there were more than 1,000 fewer fully certified controllers, and 1,500 fewer total controllers on board, a number that has declined for at least the past 11 years.”<\/p>Rich Santa, Head of the ATC union<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Federal air traffic controllers generally manage the traffic at airports across the country. They control the ATC towers, approach control facilities, or route centers, and are important for aircraft’s movement across the nation’s airports. The FAA is looking forward to hiring and training air traffic controllers as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fantastic program! I encourage young people to apply for the FAA ATC as well; ATC has become a diverse group but still lacking and there\u2019s a shortage of controllers right now. I\u2019m retired ATC but contract train new students. Watch https:\/\/t.co\/PqIobBBHE5<\/a> for openings.<\/p>— Greg T (@greg1t) August 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>