Originally published at: Hegseth Offers Military Controllers Amid Shutdown
Sean Duffy says staffing shortages could ground holiday travel as safety concerns mount.
There might be a few cases where this would help, but controllers have to be individually certified for whatever facility they’re working in. They have to understand the airspace, the procedures, interactions with neighboring airspace, and the various LOAs that govern traffic moving between different control entities. That certification can take many months.
So, it seems to me that Hegseth’s offer is largely posturing.
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There are instances where flight data positions could be supplemented and staffed by non-FPL (full performance level) controllers. These individuals aren’t “keying the mike and issuing control instructions.”
I see no operational problem with that.
FAA controllers called them “air traffic advisors”.
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