DOT offers cash incentives in effort to hire more air traffic controllers
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '3.040', 'text': 'All new tonight. With a busy travel'}, {'start': '1.760', 'end': '4.880', 'text': 'season looming, the Department of'}, {'start': '3.040', 'end': '6.879', 'text': 'Transportation is hiring more air'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '8.720', 'text': 'traffic controllers. Federal officials'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '11.040', 'text': 'unveiled new efforts to encourage more'}, {'start': '8.720', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'hires at a time when current staffing'}, {'start': '11.040', 'end': '15.400', 'text': 'levels are at critically low levels.'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '18.160', 'text': "ABC's Reena Roy has the"}, {'start': '15.400', 'end': '20.320', 'text': 'story. Ahead of the busy summer travel'}, {'start': '18.160', 'end': '22.320', 'text': 'season, a push for more air traffic'}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'controllers. The US Department of'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'Transportation announcing a new plan to'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '28.880', 'text': 'expand the workforce with air traffic'}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '30.800', 'text': 'staffing at US airports nearing a'}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '33.200', 'text': '30-year low. According to the National'}, {'start': '30.800', 'end': '35.600', 'text': 'Air Traffic Controllers Association, we'}, {'start': '33.200', 'end': '39.040', 'text': 'need more uh air traffic controllers uh'}, {'start': '35.600', 'end': '40.879', 'text': 'to uh come into uh this this profession.'}, {'start': '39.040', 'end': '42.480', 'text': 'Federal officials announcing a number of'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '44.640', 'text': 'initiatives, including offering'}, {'start': '42.480', 'end': '46.800', 'text': 'financial incentives to graduates for'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '48.640', 'text': 'completing initial training milestones,'}, {'start': '46.800', 'end': '50.719', 'text': 'expediting the process for routine'}, {'start': '48.640', 'end': '52.800', 'text': 'medical and security clearances, and'}, {'start': '50.719', 'end': '54.879', 'text': 'rewarding academy graduates assigned to'}, {'start': '52.800', 'end': '57.360', 'text': 'facilities that are hard to staff. This'}, {'start': '54.879', 'end': '60.399', 'text': 'is a commitment to the dedicated men and'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '63.280', 'text': "women, keeping our skies safe. It's a"}, {'start': '60.399', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'real tangible move towards building and'}, {'start': '63.280', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'sustaining the workforce that America'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '70.320', 'text': "needs. The FAA says it's on track to"}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.720', 'text': 'hire at least 2,000 controllers this'}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'year as part of a hiring campaign, which'}, {'start': '72.720', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'also increased the starting salary for'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '80.000', 'text': 'trainees by 30%. Transportation'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '82.159', 'text': 'Secretary Shawn Duffy also streamlining'}, {'start': '80.000', 'end': '84.720', 'text': 'the hiring process at the FAA,'}, {'start': '82.159', 'end': '86.400', 'text': "decreasing it by 5 months. There's also"}, {'start': '84.720', 'end': '88.560', 'text': 'a bonus incentive offered for'}, {'start': '86.400', 'end': '91.439', 'text': "controllers who don't retire early. The"}, {'start': '88.560', 'end': '93.360', 'text': 'current mandatory retirement age is 56.'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'This comes just days after massive'}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '97.360', 'text': 'delays at Newark Liberty International'}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '100.000', 'text': 'Airport in New Jersey due to equipment'}, {'start': '97.360', 'end': '101.840', 'text': 'issues. The FAA now slowing traffic'}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '104.159', 'text': 'there, saying there are severe staffing'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '106.240', 'text': 'shortages. You can see multiple planes'}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'waiting to take off there this morning.'}, {'start': '106.240', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'At the end of the day, we need to make'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'sure the controllers have the proper'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '115.520', 'text': "equipment and that they're obviously"}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '115.520', 'text': 'prop appropriately staffed.'}]