FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-09-09 — Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025: cross-connection with mental-health-in-aviation: Mental-health rule changes would also apply to air traffic controllers, affecting workforce medical qualification and retention. (novelty: 3)
- 1988-03-31 — A bill to provide for the rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers.: House-passed bill would require FAA to hire at least 500 former air traffic controllers in each of 1988 and 1989 and bar treating participation in the 1981 PATCO strike as a disqualifying factor for FAA or Defense Department employment (introduced/House-passed, not enacted). (novelty: 3)
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A bill to provide for the rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers.
31-mar-1988
novelty 3
per-area 3
introduces