Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shortage of air traffic controller specialists is one of the reasons for the hectic stretch at Newark Liberty International ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is offering a new shortcut for graduates of certain college programs to enter the air traffic control field. According to the Bureau ...

Air traffic controllers play a crucial role in the global aviation system. Whether they are directing aircraft on the ground at a busy airport or giving clearances to planes flying at cruising ...

Sacramento City College joins a small group of U.S. schools that can fully prepare air traffic controllers for the workforce.

Wednesday night’s fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving a commercial airplane and a Black Hawk military helicopter has drawn renewed attention to air traffic controllers ...

President Donald Trump ordered a federal hiring freeze Jan 20. It included exemptions for public safety jobs, but did not specify which jobs were exempt. The White House has said that air traffic ...

Issues with air traffic control staffing are under the spotlight following the fatal mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter in Washington D.C. on Wednesday that ...

Vice President J.D. Vance told FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures" how the "DEI regime of the Biden administration" created a shortage of air traffic controllers. "We have a massive shortage of air traffic ...

The Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act of 2025 aims to reduce air traffic controller shortages. The bill was introduced by U.S. Reps. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, and Nick Begich, R-Alaska. The ...