The Trump administration plans to to address the staffing shortage at the Federal Aviation administration by increasing the salary of candidates who went to the FAA academy for air traffic controller positions.

These candidates who went to the FAA academy would get a 30% increase in their salary when they start work at the administration. 

This plan, through the administration's Transportation Department, also calls for increasing the rate at which candidates are hired and reducing the current eight-step hiring process to a five step process.

"This staffing shortage has been a known challenge for over a decade, and this administration is committed to solving it,” department Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement Thursday, according to The Hill newspaper.

However, the issue returned to the national spotlight Jan. 29 when a military helicopter and a American Airline jet collided in airspace at Reagan Washington National Airport, outside Washington, D.C., which resulted in investigators looking into whether to airport's control tower was adequately staffed.