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Sean Duffy: “We have more controllers for the first time since pre…”

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

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Transportation Sec. Duffy: There's room for airline mergers in the U.S.

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

So in regard to staffing, we had the biggest year of hiring in six years at the at air traffic controller. So we hired 2400 new controllers in the last 12 months. We have more controllers for the first time since pre pandemic. We have big classes coming through. Next week. We're going to announce a new class of air traffic controllers. We're thinking differently. We have a 30% washout rate. (00:46–00:51)

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