Middle Georgia State Joins FAA’s Enhanced Air Traffic Controller Training Program

Air Traffic Controllers expertly manage the skies from the control tower, ensuring safe and efficient air travel. (LVNL)
Air Traffic Controllers expertly manage the skies from the control tower, ensuring safe and efficient air travel. (LVNL)

Middle Georgia State University has become the first Georgia school to join the Federal Aviation Administration’s Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI), U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced.

This partnership expands access to advanced air traffic controller training, addressing a nationwide shortage of approximately 3,000 controllers.

The program equips students with the same rigorous curriculum and cutting-edge technology used at the FAA’s Air Traffic Controller Academy in Oklahoma City.

“We need the best and brightest in our towers to maintain our world-class air traffic system,” Duffy said. “This initiative fast-tracks talented students into critical roles.”

Dr. Christopher Blake, president of Middle Georgia State, says the university is committed to preparing graduates for dynamic aviation careers.

The Enhanced AT-CTI program, part of Duffy’s broader efforts to bolster the controller workforce, has already referred over 8,320 candidates for assessment, with incentives to attract and retain new hires.

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