This Wednesday, the FAA announced it was starting a pilot program that allows students of two schools to bypass requirements to receive extra training at the FAA Air Traffic Controller Academy, and instead jumpstart their career right after graduation.

The agency is looking to reduce bottlenecks as it attempts to reverse a longstanding slide in air traffic controller staffing.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will begin taking new applications for flight controllers Oct. 11 as it works to reverse a decades-long decline in its workforce.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Wednesday it will be allowing two Oklahoma schools to move forward with programs that would allow new air traffic controllers to skip the agency’s training academy.