Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy announces new effort to fill gap in air traffic controller staff shor

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(1 May 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK FRAMES++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – 1 May 2025 1. Wide of press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary: “As many of you have reported, we're about 3,000 air traffic controllers short right now. Now, we do have enough controllers to control the airspace. There's a lot of overtime. As Nick will tell you, there's a lotta stress on the controllers. So we need more air traffic controllers to come