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Feds: Air Traffic Controllers Inexperienced In Orlando

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The Associated Press

Published: April 5, 2009

ORLANDO - Orlando International Airport may be one of the busiest in the country, but federal officials say too many of it's air traffic controllers have too little experience.

U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel cited Orlando as having the nation's highest percentage of controllers in training to become certified. Forty-seven percent
lack certification - about double the percentage of uncertified controllers nationwide.

Orlando has the 11th largest passenger volume in the U.S.
Payroll records from an employees union show about half of the 32 controllers there have five years or less experience.

Federal Aviation Administration officials say safety is paramount, adding that the controllers are watched by experienced supervisors.

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