GAO says FAA still faces controller shortages despite 200,000 applicants, citing long training timelines, high attrition, and ...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers help ensure the safety of U.S. air travel. However, lapses in appropriations in the 2010s, and the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in reduced ...

The FAA lost up to 500 air traffic controller trainees during the 43-day government shutdown, worsening staffing shortages that controllers warn will ripple for years.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) - The University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences has reached a ...

The main entrance to FAA's Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center in Fort Worth is pictured, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Scott Turner used to jump out of airplanes. A ...

How is the shutdown affecting air traffic controllers? Air traffic controllers are deemed essential workers, meaning they are still required to work while not receiving compensation — which they would ...

Behind every flight is a worldwide system of air traffic control that guides aircraft along invisible routes while adapting ...

Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns that flight delays could multiply as increasingly stressed-out controllers call out ...

Training costs remain the single biggest barrier to entry. Pilot training is the most expensive, with full commercial licence ...

The aviation industry is facing a looming deadline, and it isn’t a flight departure. Leaders warn a workforce shortage could ...

The recent government shutdown disrupted U.S. air traffic control and frustrated millions of passengers, leading to delays ...