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Department of Transportation (DOT) The Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Thursday his plan to “supercharge” the air traffic drivers of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after numerous fatal air accidents in the last two months.
FAA “Rimule” his process of hiring eight steps in a five -step process, hoping to accelerate the time to hire “critical positions,” according to Duffy, who shared the announcement in an X publication.
The change of protocol will shave more than four months outside the old process, he said.
In addition, the agency “will increase initial wages by almost 30%” for those in training as an incentive to request.
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President Donald Trump listens while the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks in the reports of James Brady Press at the White House. (Photo of Alex Brandon/AP)
“We want the best and brightest to obtain an accelerated entry into the academy,” Duffy wrote in the publication. “This administration undertakes to resolve the shortage of air traffic control that has existed for too long.”
FAA imposes a 55 -year mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers, which contributes to a high rotation rate, Fox News Digital reported.
The Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, announced plans to “overcome” FAA with a simplified hiring process for air traffic controllers. (Getty images)
Duffy pointed out that the FAA training academy also slowed during COVID-19, with small classes delaying the process.
While more than 50,000 people work at FAA, president Donald Trump He announced recent cuts that will cut 300 non -critical workers of the force.
Duffy’s new policy occurs after numerous aviation disasters In the United States in recent months, including collision in the air of an army Black Hawk helicopter With a commercial passenger plane in Washington, DC, which claimed the lives of the 67 people aboard the two planes.
A few days after the DC accident, which was the most fatal aviation accident in the country in more than 20 years, a Medevac plane collapsed in a Philadelphia street, killing the six on board and a person on the ground.
The emergency response units are looking at the accident of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after crashing with a black hawk helicopter from the army on January 29. (Katopodis/getty images)
They followed more disasters, with a shock of Alaska that killed 10 and an accident of Arizona killing one.
In neighboring Canada, 21 people were injured when a Delta plane burst in flames after flying during a landing accident in Pearson de Toronto Airport February 17.
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Even so, the DOT continues to press the message that “flying is still the safest way to travel.”
Duffy said he is “committed to restoring FAA’s mission to security” and expects “greatest candidates” to join the agency.
Anders Hagstrom and Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
