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DALLAS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

A Staffing Crisis: By The Numbers

DALLAS-FT. Worth TRACON

• The facility is authorized to have 111 controllers on board, according to FAA.
• There are 84 certified professional controllers (CPCs, fully trained) on board.
• 19 controllers will be eligible to retire by the end of 2005.
• 42 controllers will be eligible to retire by the end of 2007.

NOTE: To become eligible to retire, a controller must either have worked 20 years and reach 50 years of age, or worked 25 years and be any age)