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FAA Independent Review Panel on the Selection, Assignment and Training of Air Traffic Control Specialists: Final Report
Barr, Michael; Brady, Tim; Koleszar, Garth; New, Michael; Pounds, Julia. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Sept. 22, 2011. 62 pp. Available via the Internet at 1.usa.gov/naZInb.
In the spring of 2011, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt commissioned an independent panel to study the FAA’s hiring, assignment and training of air traffic control specialists (ATCS) and recommend improvements. This report, which includes 49 recommendations, is the outcome.
“The panel reviewed hiring sources, screening, selection and faculty assignments; instructor selection; training content and delivery; organizational structure; and professional standards,” the report says.
What follows are some of the report’s findings and recommendations.
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