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RALEIGH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

A Staffing Crisis: By The Numbers

 

RDU TOWER

  • The facility authorized to have 48 controllers on board, according to the FAA
  • There are 40 Certified professional controllers (CPC's fully trained) on board and 3 trainees.
  • 5 controllers will be eligible to retire by the end of 2005
  • 13 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)

 

 

 

National Air Traffic Controllers Association