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2025-05-14 23:26:20 UTC - HELPFUL
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In 2023, then- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sounded the alarm that the country was short about 3,000 air traffic controllers and set a goal of hiring 1,500 that year https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/faa-traffic-controllers-shortage/index.html In 2024, he requested funding for an additional 2,000 air traffic controllers from Congress. https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/4617992-buttigieg-us-needs-air-traffic-controllers/
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