AVweb's Monday Podcast: NATCA President Pat Forrey on the FAA's Controller Recruitment Drive

AVweb’s Monday Podcast: NATCA President Pat Forrey on the FAA’s Controller Recruitment Drive

Editorial Staff

Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is pressing the FAA to increase hiring to replace thousands of controllers nearing retirement.
The FAA has initiated a large-scale recruiting drive, which has inadvertently led to internal issues, described as a "class struggle" among new controllers.
NATCA President Pat Forrey discussed these challenges, along with the impending busy air travel season, in an interview.

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The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has been calling for the FAA to step up hiring of new air traffic controllers to replace the thousands of controllers who will be eligible to retire in the next 10 years. The agency has launched an unprecedented recruiting drive to bring new people into the system, but that’s caused its own problems. AVweb‘s Russ Niles caught up with NATCA President Pat Forrey on his cell phone last week to explain the class struggle that has erupted among the new controllers and to look ahead at the busy air travel season ahead.

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