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Sean Duffy: “We don't have enough air traffic controllers in our system…”

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

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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy makes stop in Oklahoma City.

Published | Video Starts at 00:35

But he wants to fix a shortage of air traffic controllers. And Thursday morning, right here in okc, he toured the nation's only air traffic controller academy. We don't have enough air traffic controllers in our system and we have to do something to bring more controllers online. He says his plans to recruit and keep controllers starts right here in our state with a pay raise for trainees. We're going to give the academy students a 30% pay raise that moves them. (00:35–00:41)

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Asserts that there is a shortage of air traffic controllers in the system.

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