KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt June 4, 2024 22:50:00
Supervisor at joint base andrews credits those skills with his success. >> you have to pay attention to the map. you're constantly scanning and watching what is going on. you're memorizing maps and locations, like they do in certain games. >> reporter: to be an air traffic controller, you have to be offered a job before the age of 31, and you have to retire from that position at the age of 56. so the faa is trying to hire 4,300 new air traffic controllers to get younger people working in places like this. danielle sheffield is a supervisor at la guardia's air traffic control tower. >> i used t...