Cole says FAA training will stay in Oklahoma, despite 'longing eyes' from Texas

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole says efforts by some Texas politicians to move aviation training out of Oklahoma and to Texas would happen “over our dead bodies, politically.”

Cole said he and other federal legislators from Oklahoma have quashed similar efforts in the past, including efforts to build a new training academy outside of the state . Oklahoma City is home to the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, the nation’s only air traffic controller academy.