During 2014 Hearing, Dem. Sen. Patty Murray Voiced Concerns About Lowering Standards for FAA Hirings
I really want to talk about the CTI schools and the fact that just a few months ago the FAA some made some very dramatic changes to the way they’re hiring our air traffic controllers’
Jan 31, 2025 3:00 PM
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MURRAY: "But in my last few minutes here, I really want to talk about the CTI schools and the fact that just a few months ago the FAA some made some very dramatic changes to the way they’re hiring our air traffic controllers, and among those changes the FAA now no longer relies on a pool of graduates from its collegiate training initiatives, our CTI schools. The FAA has added a new test to screen candidates they call the biographical questionnaire. What I’m hearing from our CTI schools in my state, Washington State, that they’re very worried about their graduates, and I’m hearing from the graduates as well. One CTI graduate from Washington State graduated with high honors, passed an FAA test for initial qualification, has almost five years of service in the air force, and a commercial pilot certificate with an instrumental rating. That young man took this biographical questionnaire and failed it for reasons that are very unclear, and he’s not the only one in this situation. So I want you to explain to us how the FAA has improved this process, if this kind of applicant that I just described and many others are failing this initial screening."
