Instructor Karina Vasylenko, front, shows media how the air traffic control simulator works at the CAE training facility in Montreal, on Jan. 14, 2025. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment.
John Gradek, a faculty lecturer with McGill University’s aviation management program, said Canada is short about 1,500 air traffic controllers, and 150 more retire each year.
