Beaver County college training next generation of air traffic controllers

Beaver County college training next generation of air traffic controllers

The program can be completed in five semesters and can get students hired by the Federal Aviation Administration, with most workers earning a six-figure salary.

After the deadly collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane over the Potomac River in January, Americans’ confidence in air travel safety declined. Concern over the provision of air control personnel arose when it was revealed that the number of service controllers “was not normal” for the time and volume at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, according to a security report from the Federal Avi…