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Sean Duffy: “There's 22 controllers at Philly [TRACON]. There's five…”

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

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Sean Duffy Discusses Air Traffic Controller Shortage at Philly TRACON

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

And that has been seen probably to the biggest extent at the Philly tracon, which services the Newark airport. And so just some background numbers. There's 22 controllers at Philly [TRACON]. There's five supervisors. Six of those 22 controllers are on leave right now. So there's only 16 controllers that work the Philly TRACON. However, there are 16 controllers who are training right now for the Philly, at the Philly tracon, for this, for this airspace. (00:23–00:33)

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Asserts the staffing numbers and leave status at the Philly TRACON.

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