The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is increasing support and oversight for air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport following what it described as a number of “stressful events.”
In a statement, the agency said a Critical Incident Stress Management team will be visiting the airport in early April to provide air traffic controllers with confidential support.
The FAA will also conduct regular wellness checks at the facility, it said.
Additionally, it plans to increase operational supervisors at the airport from six to eight and is reviewing controller staffing numbers. It is also evaluating current hourly arrival rates at the airport, which it said are “disproportionately concentrated within the last 30 minutes of each hour.”…