Does the FAA have an adequate plan in place for training the
15,000 new air traffic controllers it plans to hire over the next
10 years?...


Facility training takes three to five years...


Maybe in a center. We just got a new controller four weeks ago. She
started training Monday. It'll take about 5 weeks to get her checked
out in ground control. Maybe another 8 weeks for local and then she
goes to RTF in OKC for three and a half weeks. Then back for training
on radar. At most 4 months for that. That's it, she's done.