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Sean Duffy: “The average age [of retirement] is, if I'm right, 53, 52.”

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

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Sean Duffy Discusses Air Traffic Controller Shortage and Incentives with NATCA

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

But what you would note, and Nick was very astute to make this point to me, many of the controllers are retiring before the age of 56. So they can retire at, I think The average age [of retirement] is, if I'm right, 53, 52. somewhere, somewhere in there. So we're out of the game at 56. Which is why I've gone to Nick and said, how do we get those controllers at 52 and 53 and 54 to get them to stay on? (01:39–01:43)

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