Bloomberg reported a shortage of instructors for air traffic controllers in the United States

There is an acute shortage of instructors in the United States who can train air traffic controllers. This was reported by Bloomberg on August 27.

"The shortage of air traffic controllers monitoring American airspace has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) to launch a large-scale recruitment campaign. Now the FAA has another problem: there are not enough instructors to train all these newcomers," the article says.

Due to a shortage of instructors, teachers at the FAA Training Academy in Oklahoma City have to work from seven in the morning until midnight. Moreover, retired former air traffic controllers mostly teach. The influx of new students into the academy creates an additional burden on teachers.

According to the agency, instructors have to work in two shifts. During the two months of training, they teach the basics of aviation, complex air traffic scenarios, and other disciplines. According to one of the instructors, due to the high workload, some of his colleagues "walk like zombies."

By the end of fiscal year 2024, the FAA was experiencing a shortage of about 3.9 thousand certified air traffic controllers. The agency plans to speed up the recruitment process and increase the salaries of interns.

Some instructors have recently quit, others are just thinking about it, and it is not easy to join the ranks of teachers, writes Bloomberg.

On June 26, Fox News reported that the Harvard John F. Kennedy Institute of Public Administration was forced to lay off some of its employees due to reduced federal funding. It was clarified that the management will also restructure some positions.

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