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Sean Duffy: “We have hired more air traffic controllers. We're up 20%…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:55

There's cancellations and delays in our airspace. And so just to review, I've talked to you all about this quite a bit, but We have hired more air traffic controllers. We're up 20% year over year right now, hiring more controllers. I've also asked air traffic controllers who are about to retire to actually stay on the job. (00:55–01:02)

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Asserts that air traffic controller hiring has increased by 20% year over year.

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