On Thu, 24 May 2007 15:54:20 GMT, Jose
wrote in :


Overtime is not an ongoing cost either.

It is if it's part of an on-going policy.

It can be ended whenever the employer wants. New employees can't.

As I understand it, the issue isn't about terminating ATC employees.

There's some good information in this article:



FAA CONTROLLER TRAINING PLAN TO BE AUDITED

Does the FAA have an adequate plan in place for training the
15,000 new air traffic controllers it plans to hire over the next
10 years? That's what the Department of Transportation's Office
of Inspector General (OIG) is wondering, and it plans to commence
a study (http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2052) of the issue
next month. Top among its concerns is whether the FAA's plans for
training at the facility level are adequate. Facility training
takes three to five years, and comprises classroom, simulation and
on-the-job training. It's the longest and most expensive part of
certifying new controllers. "FAA projects that
[controllers-in-training] will make up 25 percent or more of the
entire controller workforce through fiscal year 2014," said David
Dobbs of the DOT OIG. "Furthermore, as experienced controllers
retire, FAA will increasingly lose more experienced [on-the-job]
instructors, who are critical components of facility training."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#195261