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The Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program is a partnership between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology to provide the academic preparation necessary for students interested in air traffic control careers. [6]
The FAA manages the most complicated aviation system in the world; splitting the agency up disrupts this proven model and gambles with aviation safety." [ 14 ] Efforts by PASS and other labor and industry groups led the T&I chair to abandon privatization in early 2018. [ 15 ]
In May 2021, ATP reported that, every month, its then-61 locations provided more than 24,500 hours of flight training, and graduated over 117 commercial multi-engine pilots with CFIs. The company also issued more than 8,600 FAA certificates annually. [6] In the preceding 18 months, 438 ATP graduates were hired by airlines. [6]
The FAA does this by enforcing aviation safety regulations, and certifying 320,000 aircraft and over 700,000 pilots. The FAA provides air traffic control services, handling about 55,000 flights per day, and serving over 700 million passengers a year.
The FAA was created in August 1958 () as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became part of the newly formed U.S. Department of Transportation and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.
A year after a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during flight, the nation's top aviation regulator says the company needs to change its culture and put safety above profits.
The history of in-flight security began in March 1962 when the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) directed a program to combat airplane hijackings. In that same year, there were numerous airplane hijackings in the United States that were planned with the ultimate aim to fly to Cuba. In response, the FAA created the title of FAA peace officer.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker who has overseen the agency's response to significant safety issues at Boeing since a mid-air emergency in January will ...