air traffic control

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If you’re a civilian who wants to become an air traffic controller, you can only get trained in one place: the Mike Moroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. Amid a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is trying to “supercharge” the number and quality of trainees coming through the facility.