Larry Dighera wrote in message . ..
Will The Proposed Change In ATC Personnel Requirements Impact Air
Safety?

No, for two reasons. There are already some controllers working
beyond the age 56 retirement because they were grandfathered in before
the mandatory retirement age was put in place. I don't think anyone
has shown them to be more dangerous at the scopes.

Second, I don't think the change will mean much of anything. Most of
my co-workers (I work at Denver ARTCC) are counting down the days
until they're eligible, and plan to leave the second they can. So
raising the mandatory retirement age will make no difference, they'll
be gone by the earliest retirement age.


Which proposed conditions would permit air traffic controllers to
remain at their posts beyond the current maximum retirement age of 56?

Probably just if they can continue to pass their medical.


If half the ATC personnel are due to retire in nine years, how long
will the proposed regulation be effective in overcoming attrition?

The proposed regulation won't do anything, because controllers will
retire at their minimum retirement age, not maximum.


What is the reason for FAA's apparent reluctance to train sufficient
additional ATC personnel?

Costs too much, and they are deluded into thinking that controllers
just love the FAA and will stay there as long as possible, rather than
trying to get out as soon as they can.


Doe that reluctance reveal a hidden agenda?

The FAA isn't organized enough as an agency to have a hidden agenda.


Will future UAVs require ATC?

Probably, at least for a long time to come.


If ERAU could send its
graduates directly to on-the-job training, Ebbs said, "the FAA could
realize significant savings in both time and expense. "

The Minneapolis school was doing exactly this and had to be shut down
until further notice because of funding (the FAA still paid part of
the expenses, as they also would in the ERAU proposal). I don't
understand why ERAU thinks they could do it when they just closed the
one who was doing it successfully for many years.


JK