GAO CITES DEFICIENCIES IN FAA'S TRAFFIC CONTROLLER RECRUITMENT

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks a coordinated, aggressive and efficient program for recruiting and training air traffic controllers (ATCs), according to a government study. The General Accounting Office (GAO) report also faults FAA field assignment of controller school graduates to ATC facilities inappropriate to their training academy performance. FAA is a passive recruiter with only three headquarters-level employees out of a total workforce of 44,000 assigned to recruiting, according to the report. The recruiting effort varies from region to region, with headquarters staff often unaware of what activities are taking place in the field. The GAO supports ongoing FAA initiatives to improve recruiting, including increased television and print advertising and expanded job fair participation and college interviewing. However, a national controller recruiting policy and program is still needed. It should be targeted toward those candidates most likely to complete the controller training program. According to the GAO report, a major hurdle to controller employment is the average eleven and a half month waiting period for candidates who score well on the controller aptitude test.

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• Authors:
  • Proctor, P
• Publication Date: 1988-10-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 112
• Serial:
  • Aviation Week & Space Technology
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0005-2175

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic controllers; Policy; Recruiting; Training
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Programs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Education and Training; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477444
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1988 12:00AM