Mon, Jan 17, 2005
That's Right... NATCA Has Something GOOD To Say About The
FAA!
Unionized air traffic controllers
are actually heaping praise on the Federal Aviation Administration
for taking a key step in the urgent need to hire the next
generation of controllers, lifting a policy that required students
of air traffic control training programs to start employment with
the agency within two years of graduation.
The new rule allows graduates of schools in the FAA's Collegiate
Training Initiative (CTI) to apply for a one-year extension of
hiring eligibility each year until they reach the maximum hiring
age for controllers of 31.
"This is great news," NATCA Executive Vice President Ruth Marlin
said. "NATCA has pressed for this change because the students
should not have been made to suffer because the FAA was slow in
hiring."
Marlin said the 13 schools in the FAA's CTI program have made
"significant investments in program development and qualification
to meet FAA standards. The program has demonstrated success. But
that continued success is dependent on the ability of CTI schools
to attract motivated and qualified candidates."
"We are very pleased the agency has lifted this unnecessary
barrier to staffing the nation's air traffic control system,"
Marlin stated.
Marlin added that the timing of the rule change is critical,
since the agency announced last month it planned to hire 1,249
controllers in fiscal year 2006, the beginning of a 10-year hiring
plan to replace the expected loss of 73 percent of the controller
workforce.
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