Department of Transportation (Dot) Secretary Sean Duffy announced his plan on Thursday to “Superchanden” the air traffic controllers of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after countless fatal aircraft crashes in the past two months.
FAA will “streamline” its eight -step recruitment process in a five -step process, hoping that it will speed up the time to hire for “critical positions”, according to Duffy, who shared the announcement in a post on X.
The change in protocol will shave from the old process for more than four months, he said.
In addition, the office “will increase the starting salaries by almost 30%” for those in training as a stimulus to apply.
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President Donald Trump listens as transport secretary Sean Duffy in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House. (Alex Brandon/AP photo)
“We want the best and smartest to be accelerated in the academy,” Duffy wrote in the post. “This administration strives to resolve the shortage of air traffic control that has been around for too long.”
De FAA imposes a mandatory retirement age of 55 for air traffic controllers, who contributes to a high sales percentage, FOX News Digital reported earlier.
Transport secretary Sean Duffy announced plans to “super loading” the FAA with a streamlined recruitment process for air traffic controllers. (Getty Images)
Duffy noted that the Academy of the FAA also delayed during COVID-19, with small classes that postponed the process.
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Duffy’s new policy comes after numerous aircraft In the US in recent months, including the collision in the air of an army Black Hawk -Helikopter With a commercial passenger plane in Washington, DC, that the lives of all 67 people on board the two planes claimed.
Only a few days after the DC -Crash, which was the deadliest aviation accident in more than 20 years, a fellow fighter aircraft in a street in Philadelphia, where all six on board and one person were killed on the ground.
Emergency Response units are looking for the crash location of an aircraft of an American Airlines on the Potomac River after crashing with an army Black Hawk -Helikopter on January 29. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty images)
More disasters followed, with a crash from Alaska who killed 10 and a crash from Arizona who killed one.
In neighboring Canada, 21 people were injured when a Delta plane broke out in flames after destruction during a crash landing on Toronto’s Pearson Airport on February 17.
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Yet the dot continues to push the message that “flying remains the safest way to travel.”
Duffy said he “is dedicated to repairing the FAA mission to safety” and hopes that “more great candidates” will become a member of the agency.
Anders Hagstrom and Danielle Wallace from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
