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PHOENIX CONTROLLER 20 (PC20)

PHOENIX CONTROLLER 20 (PC20). Problem. Military controllers are separating early so they can be hired by the FAA prior to 31 years of age Causes turnover of experienced controllers among all services Results in negative return on training investment. Problem (cont’d).

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PHOENIX CONTROLLER 20 (PC20)

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  1. PHOENIX CONTROLLER 20(PC20)

  2. Problem • Military controllers are separating early so they can be hired by the FAA prior to 31 years of age • Causes turnover of experienced controllers among all services • Results in negative return on training investment

  3. Problem (cont’d) • Public Law 92-297, Air Traffic Controller Career Programs, directs SECDOT to establish maximum hiring age for controllers and sets 55 as mandatory retirement age • DOT Departmental Personnel Manual sets 31 as maximum hiring age • Law based on older individuals not being successful at learning air traffic control • All services have the same problem

  4. PC20 Concept • All controllers are national resources • A military controller who: • Worked in the National Airspace System (NAS) and has controlled civilian aircraft • Served 20 or more years of service • Reached the journeyman training level • Earned the rank appropriate with years of service would be eligible to bid directly into pre-designated FAA facilities at an appropriate grade level (i.e. GS-11)

  5. PC20 Benefits • Benefits to the military • Reduces volume of personnel losses • Provides a “no cost” career benefit • Results in positive return on investment for training • Retains experience level in workforce

  6. PC20 Benefits (cont’d) • Benefits to military controllers • Extends opportunity to pursue chosen career field without aborting military service • Creates optimal hiring opportunity as a career benefit • Guarantees unfettered entry into FAA hiring pool • Contemporaries leaving early must undergo testing, training, and screening • National Benefit • Retains expertise in workforce • Fills gaps in low density locations • Relieves FAA of significant training/testing/screening burden

  7. Status • AFFSA and XOO-CA, through the DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation (PBFA), have coordinated this concept with all Services • Full agreement from Army, Marine Corps, and Navy • Agreement on concept reached with FAA: • Ron Morgan, Director of Air Traffic Services • Mike McNally, President National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) • FAA will provide an employee to work issues with the DoD

  8. Status (cont’d) • NATCA and FAA agreed to meet once per year to determine FAA facilities open for bidding • Primarily at VFR towers and low density radar facilities • DoD would assist as “honest broker” • Issues will surface in the details of this project that will have to be worked

  9. Recommendations • Brief AF/CV with reps from each service • Propose a 6-month process to implement PC20 and/or identify and address any legal or program administration challenges that need to be overcome • Propose this be worked as a Joint Services program through the PBFA, with AFFSA as lead

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