That said, we don't suffer a lack of applicants due to age barriers. Tens of thousands of people apply each time there's a hiring announcement. The issue is the bottlenecks that occur during initial training at the FAA academy, or at the first facility. Staffing dictates how much training can occur.
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From our perspective, it's easy to see where the pain points are, and they don't have anything to do with how old someone is when they apply.