UND To Offer Enhanced Air Traffic Control Program To Help Fill Jobs Nationwide

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The FAA is taking steps to alleviate the lack of air traffic controllers and UND is a part of the solution.

Aviation students will be able to participate in an enhanced air traffic control program in the spring semester.

The FAA and UND signed a memorandum of understanding to officially establish the program which will offer the same curriculum provided by the FAA Academy.

This will allow students to jump right into a job upon graduation and skip the first five weeks of training at the FAA Academy.

UND is among the first universities to be admitted into the program.

“With this new designation now we’ll have more students coming to UND for air traffic control training because they can go all the way through and get their degree and go to work right out of school in air traffic control facilities across the country,” said Sen. John Hoeven, Republican from North Dakota.

UND is already a member of the FAA’s existing Air Traffic College Training Initiative along with 31 other universities.