路透社华盛顿2月25日 - 由三位参议员组成的两党小组周二呼吁提供新的资金，以增加空中交通管制人员配备，加快新管制员的培训，并采取新的激励措施留住航空工人。
民主党参议员珍妮-沙欣（Jeanne Shaheen）、共和党参议员约翰-胡文（John Hoeven）和杰里-莫兰（Jerry Moran）提出了一项立法，该立法将授权拨款1亿美元，用于在全国范围内的空中交通管制设施中安装塔台模拟器，这样可以将认证一名空中交通管制员所需的时间缩短27%。
管制员的持续短缺已导致航班延误，在许多设施，管制员都在强制加班，每周工作六天以顶班。
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