new york is roughly one half staffed, critically staffed and most of our air traffic control facilities. the new admission comes after airlines delayed more than a half million flights last summer and put some of the blame on the faa tight before the pandemic, and they don t have enough people today, and they need more. we are continuing to hire a acting administrator, billy nolan says the agency plans to add 1500 new controllers this year and 1800 next year, the agency says last june it was flooded with almost 58,000 applications to become an air traffic controller, though it s training academy remains backlogged. the relief can t come soon enough for airlines and passengers with another huge travel rush on the horizon system. doesn t have the capacity. we don t have enough air traffic controllers. american airlines says it s contacting passengers who will be inconvenienced by those scheduled changes. delta and jetblue both say they ll decide later this month. what schedule changes th
pandemic, due in part to retirements and a hiring freeze. a union analysis shows the number of air traffic controllers has dropped 10% in the last decade, the faa says nationwide to and every 10 controller jobs are empty aqui air traffic control facility in new york is roughly one half staffed, critically staffed and most of our air traffic control facilities. the new admission comes after airlines delayed more than a half million flights last summer and put some of the blame on the faa tight before the pandemic, and they don t have enough people today, and they need more. we are continuing to hire a acting administrator, billy nolan says the agency plans to add 1500 new controllers this year and 1800 next year, the agency says last june it was flooded with almost 58,000 applications to become an air traffic controller, though it s training academy remains backlogged. the relief can t come soon enough for airlines and passengers with another huge travel rush on the horizon system. does
controller jobs are empty air traffic control facility in new york is roughly one half staffed , critically staffed and most of our air traffic control facilities. the new admission comes after airlines delayed more than a half million flights last summer and put some of the blame on the tight before the pandemic, and they don t have enough people today and they need more. we are continuing to hire a acting administrator, billy nolan says the agency plans to add 1500 new controllers this year and 1800 next year, the agency says last june it was flooded with almost 58,000 applications to become an air traffic controller, though it s training academy remains backlogged. the relief can t come soon enough for airlines and passengers with another huge travel rush on the horizon system. doesn t have the capacity. we don t have enough air traffic controllers. right now. american airlines is contacting passengers it says will be impacted by these cuts. delta and jetblue say they will
kind of what is going on inside this control towers. it is one of the most stressful jobs there is out there. can you explain all of the things that are happening with these controllers? there s so many layers to air traffic control. it s hard to sum up pretty quickly, although the rules are really written in blood, and now, the faa says they want to staff up at some air traffic control facilities by having some extra vigilance in towers, meaning supervisors looking over the shoulder of air traffic controllers trying to alleviate some of that pressure. it is a really stressful job like you mentioned. and it can be incredibly busy. the big thing here that transportation secretary people to judge says is that there s a bit of a rust that is happening at multiple different levels of the aviation system. that means pilots and air traffic controllers remember with both pilots and air traffic controllers retirements one up over the pandemic, new people are coming up and through much more qui
this safety summit last week, and after that, it s really laid out this two pronged plan not only for pilots, reminding them to be extra vigilant about the procedures that take place on an airport to try and avoid these runway close calls, but also two air traffic controllers. this five point plan that the faa says will include stepping up oversight by supervisors and air traffic control towers. also trying to get more air traffic controllers through the training pipeline. that s a huge issue because traffic controllers are top union says staffing is a really big problem. the just released these numbers, saying staffing his own. at 54% at one of the main air traffic control facilities in new york that governs the three major airports there. only at 90% nationwide, so we re going into the faa reauthorization period, where the faa tries to get money from congress that will be a top priority for them. the faa even warning that delays and cancelations could go up this summer and really piq