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25 I s s u e s N A T I O N A L A I R T R A F F I C C O N T R O L L E R S A S S O C I A T I O N | W W W . N AT C A . O R G N i W To d a y S t a f f i n g A n d Tra i n i n g C h a l l e n g e s Air Traffic Controller Staffing: 2011-2023 Number of Certified Professional Controllers 10593 These data are prior to the implentation of the Collaborative Resource Workgroup's recommendation to establish new CPC staffing targets for FAA's 313 air traffic control facilities. CPC: Certified Professional Controller CPC-IT: Certified Professional Controller in Training (fully certified elsewhere, transferred to a new facility and began training there) DEV: Developmental (trainee) AG: Graduate of the FAA Initial Classroom Training Academy in Oklahoma City, newly hired, and started at their first facility as a trainee Source: FAA Finance Staffing Data Snapshot FISCAL YEAR 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 On-Board 15,236 15,063 14,461 14,059 14,010 14,050 14,009 14,285 14,193 13,830 13,715 13,418 13,448 CPC 11,639 11,753 11,522 11,192 10,833 10,619 10,544 10,483 10,419 10,268 10,580 10,578 10,593 CPC-IT 965 1,143 1,187 1,200 1,218 1,259 1,205 1,320 1,414 1,309 1,031 943 985 DEV (Including AG) 2,632 2,167 1,741 1,667 1,959 2,172 2,260 2,482 2,360 2,253 2,104 1,897 1,870 AG 676 671 440 665 936 878 883 980 882 873 917 643 762 Retirement Eligible 3,064 3,224 3,077 2,982 3,355 2,915 2,410 1,842 1,004 1,143 ≈1,000 631 714 FAA Planned To Hire 829 981 1,315 1,286 1,772 1,619 1,781 1,701 1,431* 910 910** 1,020 1,500 FAA Actually Hired 824 925 554 1,112 1,345 1,680 1,880 1,786 1,010 920 510 1,026 1,514 *FAA reduced its FY 2019 hiring target from 1,431 to 907 following the 35-day government shutdown. **FAA reduced its FY 2021 hiring target from 910 to 500 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increased its hiring targets for FY 2022 – 2024.

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