Since 2006, air traffic control (ATC) equipment outages and failures at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facilities have caused hundreds of flight delays and raised questions about FAA's maintenance capabilities. About 6,100 technicians maintain FAA's current (legacy) facilities and equipment and will be responsible for the Next Generation (NextGen) technologies planned for the next 15 years. Safe and efficient air travel will therefore partly depend on FAA's having technicians with the right skills now and in the future. As requested, GAO reviewed how (1) FAA incorporates key practices of leading organizations in its workforce planning for technicians, (2) FAA's technician training compares with key practices of leading organizations, and (3) the costs of technician training, including travel costs, have changed in recent years. GAO analyzed FAA workforce and training data, compared FAA planning and training practices with criteria identified in prior GAO work, and conducted focus group interviews with FAA technicians and FAA Training Academy instructors.
Federal Aviation Administration: Agency Is Taking Steps to Plan for and Train Its Technicial Workforce, but a More Strategic Approach Is Warranted
2010
55 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Transportation , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Job Training & Career Development , Air traffic controllers , Labor force , Training programs , Maintenance , Aviation technicians , Skills , Personnel management , Air transportation , Aviation safety , Flight delays , Technology assessment , Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)
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