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The bill can speed and facilitate transitions of military air traffic controllers into FAA roles—reducing vacancies and improving aviation operations—but it may impose administrative burdens, upfront training costs, and short-term delays for some service members seeking civilian employment.
Travelers and the flying public will benefit from faster hiring into FAA air traffic controller vacancies because the bill aligns military credentials with FAA requirements, helping reduce staffing shortages and associated delays and safety risks.
Military air traffic controllers, service members transitioning to civilian life, and veterans will have clearer identification of training and credential gaps with recommended fixes, making it easier to move into FAA civilian air traffic jobs.
FAA air traffic specialists and unions will have formal input on workforce impacts and implementation feasibility because exclusive bargaining representatives are involved in the process.
Taxpayers, the DoD, or the FAA may bear new costs if aligning credentials requires development or expansion of training and certification programs.
Some service members and veterans could face delays in obtaining civilian FAA employment if the standardization process reveals credential gaps that must be resolved before equivalency is granted.
The working group and DoD/FAA staff may incur additional administrative workload and reporting burdens, diverting time from operational duties.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the Joint Aviation Employment Training Working Group, with certified bargaining reps, to develop and report recommendations to ease transfer of military series 2152 air traffic controllers into FAA civilian roles, addressing training and credential alignment.
Adds a duty for the Joint Aviation Employment Training Working Group to create and report recommendations—developed with input from certified exclusive bargaining representatives—to smooth the transition of military air traffic controllers (Armed Forces series 2152) into FAA civilian air traffic control jobs. The working group must identify barriers including training, phraseology, systems/technology, credential translation and standardization, and ways to ensure service members obtain equivalent FAA credentials before separation.
Introduced December 16, 2025 by Laura Gillen · Last progress December 16, 2025