We pride ourselves in working to ensure the American taxpayers reap maximum benefit from the dollars they spend in training air traffic controllers. In recognition of this duty, and to enhance safety, efficiency, and morale, NATCA will seek to ensure the FAA makes every effort to fill vacancies with Certified Professional Controllers who meet the qualifications, are fully certified at their current facility for 12 months, and who express a desire to relocate to areas where vacancies exist. This policy also ensures the greatest return on investment possible for newly hired air traffic controllers who will, as a consequence, generally be placed in lower level ATC facilities where they have a greater opportunity to be successful.

Rationale: NCEPT hasn’t worked. If we would have stopped the date shopping and generally limited the number of levels you could go up, maximum hiring would fix the staffing problem quicker.

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