"I'm getting out. Without a doubt. I've already started talking
to a few guys back in Texas."
Source: USAF Sr. Airman Dustin Conner, in an
interview with Stars And Stripes, promising to take advantage of
what looks like a sweet, sweet offer coming down the road from
Washington. Conner, still more than a year away from the end of his
enlistment, is one of 3,000 Air Force controllers who are
determined to trade in their uniforms for an FAA headset as the
civilian agency sets out to hire more than 12,500 air traffic
controllers in the next decade. While the FAA is bound to offer
those attractive incentives to military as well as civilian
candidates, some in the Air Force are worried that will overburden
the military ATC system. Right now, the USAF is offering
control