I was a Federal Aviation Administration employee for 38 years, working as an air traffic controller at facilities in ...

The Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the air traffic system, stepped up the pace of hiring in 2024 under President ...

The president said he would work with Congress to improve aging technology used by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during an interview that he plans to encourage air traffic controllers to keep working past the mandatory retirement age of 56, which he says would enhance ...

The FAA’s 2024-2033 Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan shows that as of September 2023, Sacramento International had 14 fully trained air traffic controllers and one more person at a high level of ...

The more that apply that will be able to handle those rigorous standards, we want them to come and become an air traffic controller.” The FAA did not respond to questions about its hiring ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is still some 3,000 spots short of filling vacant air traffic controller roles at airports. Less than 1-in-10 airports around the country have the ...

Each year, the FAA releases an Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, outlining hiring strategies to address staffing shortages at towers like the one at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI).

Vice President JD Vance says America's air traffic control systems are outdated following recent deadly tragedies and that ...