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Sean Duffy: “We were washing out about 30% of the young people that came…”

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

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The Conference: Transportation with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

Published | Video Starts at 19:41

We have an academy in Oklahoma City where most of our air traffic controllers are trained. We'd love to get them out of the military as well. And we have now a few colleges standing up, but We were washing out about 30% of the young people that came into the academy. Well, I want a washout rate. Like everyone who gets accepted should not be an air traffic controller. But 30% is way too high. (19:41–19:49)

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