According to the FAA, it is highly competitive to become an air traffic controller, as candidates must be under 31 years old ...

With the FAA cutting 10% of flights starting Friday, air traffic controllers are currently unpaid in some of the most ...

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is expanding the number of schools that can participate in a fast-tracked air traffic control training program, as the administration seeks more ways to address ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Students in a building located at Bartow Executive Airport are using a $280,000 simulator, typically reserved for the military and a few other schools in the nation. The ...

How a Catholic university is preparing the next generation of air traffic controllers to manage the sky and keep travelers safe. Lewis University students scan screens as they learn how to keep planes ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

In a dark noisy room in Oklahoma, air traffic control trainees hunch over radar screens as they track planes flying through congested airspace in the Deep South. They are flights that don't actually ...

The impact of the federal government shutdown on the air traffic control system in the United States could linger on well beyond the reopening of the government.

Staffing shortages at air traffic control facilities have a negative impact on public safety and have made conditions more dangerous for years, two air traffic controllers told Newsweek in the ...

Two small planes collided in midair over one of the runways on the outskirts of Tucson last week. One hit the ground and caught fire, sending up a plume of black smoke. The remains of two people were ...

United Airlines' CEO has suggested three ways to fix the air traffic control system — and cut delays for passengers. In a 750-word LinkedIn post on Monday, Scott Kirby said that improving the Federal ...