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Sean Duffy: “It takes up to a year to train [air traffic controllers] on…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport

Published | Video Starts at 16:48

Tell me if I'm wrong, but it does take time to, to train up controllers from other areas. So if they move from the Potomac, TRACON and move up to Philly, It takes up to a year to train [air traffic controllers] on that airspace rank. Am I right on that average certification. Time, sir, for N90 is two and a half years. (16:48–16:51)

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Asserts that training air traffic controllers on new airspace can take up to a year.

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