The Trump administration is speeding up its efforts to address a nationwide shortage of Air Traffic Controllers. Earlier this year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a push to hire 2,000 ...
Despite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new Federal Aviation Administration numbers. The numbers, first ...
Every day, millions of travelers’ lives are literally up in the air, relying on the acuity of air traffic controllers to orchestrate high-speed maneuvers and help prevent aircraft from crashing. But ...
Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the Federal Aviation Administration and the ...
Air traffic controllers must be U.S. citizens under 31, pass medical and security checks, and specialized tests. The median salary for an air traffic controller was $144,580 in May 2024. The FAA has ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on the New York Post's "Pod Force One" podcast on Wednesday where he opened up about an earlier spat between him and former Department of Government ...
Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...
A damning report has found that air traffic controllers briefly lost radar and radio signals while guiding planes to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week. Bloomberg first ...
A display shows the status of delayed flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. on May 5, 2025. (Seth Wenig/AP) Air traffic controllers directing planes into Newark Liberty ...