Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., says keeping air traffic operations under government control would be “the surest road to failure”.
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has dropped the controversial “biographical profile” for prequalified (college programme and military veteran) air traffic control trainee applicants and will hire 1,400 new trainees this year.
“We provide the safest, most efficient airspace system in the world, and we need exceptional people to support our mission”, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said.
While the job is known for being highly demanding, it can also be lucrative. Air traffic controllers are required to retire by the time they turn 56.
The FAA is taking applications until Monday, August 15.
The Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Dallas/Fort Worth is one of the 10 busiest installations in the country and one of the top staffing priorities for the FAA.
The number of workers in the field hit a 27-year low in 2015, and it has continued to decline this year, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
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