The Biden administration left America with a massive air traffic controller shortage. Now the new team is trying to fix this mess, but government bureaucracy is getting in the way again.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rolled out a smart plan to hire thousands of new controllers. He even offered a 30% pay raise to get people into the FAA academy. This sounded like real leadership after years of neglect.
But here comes the typical government problem. The FAA can recruit all the people they want, but they don’t have enough instructors to train them. It’s like buying a bunch of cars but forgetting you need mechanics to fix them.
This instructor shortage means thousands of eager Americans who want good-paying jobs are stuck waiting around. Meanwhile, our airports keep getting more crowded and delays keep getting worse. Hardworking families pay the price for government incompetence.
The previous administration had years to fix this problem but chose to ignore it. They focused on woke policies instead of basic infrastructure that Americans actually need. Now we’re paying for their failures with longer airport waits and canceled flights.
Secretary Duffy deserves credit for trying to clean up this disaster. The 30% pay raise shows he understands you have to pay people well to get quality workers. But the instructor bottleneck proves how broken our federal bureaucracy really is.
American air travel shouldn’t be held hostage by government inefficiency. We need to cut through the red tape and get these training programs running at full speed. Our economy depends on reliable air traffic control.
This whole mess shows why we need leaders who understand how to actually run things. No more excuses, no more delays. Fix the instructor problem and get America’s skies working again.
