Smarter ATC selection
Amidst a global shortage of air traffic controllers, Airways International explains how best to plug the gap through data-driven air traffic control selection and world-class training.
Amidst a global shortage of air traffic controllers, Airways International explains how best to plug the gap through data-driven air traffic control selection and world-class training.
In a recent podcast episode, Global Airspace Radar’s Katarzyna Żmudzińska sat down with two of our leaders – Jonny Cooke, Head of Products, and Philipp Zeitel, Training Quality Manager – to explore what it takes to succeed in ATC training, and what are Airways’ secrets to high ATC training success rates.
Watch our webinar held in association with CANSO – where Jonny Cooke and Philipp Zeitel share insights into how the team has developed a refined recruitment and selection process that consistently delivers outstanding results – drawing on over 30 years of experience in selecting and training air traffic controllers.
You might recognise Ashleigh Bindon from some recent social media posts, who is officially Airways New Zealand’s newest, and youngest air traffic controller.
On Monday 29 April, Airways International’s Christchurch Training Centre welcomed the latest cohort of trainees on board for our Air Traffic Services (ATS) training programme.
Applications are now open for the next intake of Airways International’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) training programme, starting in October 2024 in our training centre in Christchurch.
Being an air traffic controller is a specialised job. With less than 5% of the global population likely to possess the core competencies predictive of ATC success, finding those people and recruiting them is a real challenge.
AZANS chose SureSelect’s ATC Skill Simulations and ATC Cognitive Ability test modules to assess candidates in a supervised testing environment.