Air Traffic Control: Recruitment
Commons · Question 14936 · Tabled 1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new air traffic controllers that will need to qualify each year over the next five years in order to maintain sufficient staffing levels.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 6 Jul 2026
It is up to airport traffic control providers and en-route air navigation service providers to ensure they maintain sufficient technical capability, operational capacity, and appropriately qualified personnel to support current and future service requirem...