Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act
Sponsored By: Representative Gillen
In Committee
Summary
Makes it easier for military air traffic control specialists to move into civilian FAA jobs by expanding a working group's duties to map credentials, fix training gaps, and coordinate across agencies and unions. This bill would broaden the Joint Aviation Employment Training Working Group's role to develop recommendations and coordinate with the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and exclusive bargaining representatives to improve transitions into controller, manager, and supervisor roles at the FAA.
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- Service members with Series 2152 credentials: Would get clearer pathways to FAA employment because the group must identify barriers in training, credentialing, standardization, and earning FAA-equivalent credentials before separation.
- FAA hiring and frontline management: Would receive recommendations to remove barriers in training, phraseology, systems, and technology so certified DoD specialists can fill vacant FAA positions, including frontline manager roles.
- Exclusive bargaining representatives: Must be consulted as the group develops recommendations, giving unions a formal role in shaping transition policies.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Easier FAA hiring for military controllers
This bill would require the Joint Aviation Employment Training Working Group to find and report barriers that keep Department of Defense Series 2152 air traffic control specialists from being hired into vacant FAA air-traffic jobs. It would cover controllers, air traffic managers, and frontline supervisors. The group would identify problems in training, phraseology, systems, technology, credential translation, and lack of standardization across the Armed Forces. The group would develop recommendations, in consultation with the FAA air traffic specialists’ exclusive bargaining representatives certified under 5 U.S.C. 7111, to improve hiring and to help members earn the equivalent FAA credential before separation. These requirements would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gillen
NY • D
Cosponsors
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
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