For the sake of America’s traveling public, we can and must do better. At a minimum, we must commit to doing all we can to ...

The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by ...

North Carolina Congressman Addison McDowell says the aging systems and technology that air traffic controllers and pilots ...

Two senators are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with Congress to increase its funding and ...

Low staffing levels in the high-pressure job bring long hours, widespread mandatory overtime and high rates of turnover, air ...

It’s just a sad day on the river.” According to an FAA report obtained by the AP, one air traffic controller was responsible for coordinating helicopter traffic and arriving and departing ...

The FAA has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers. Officials said flight conditions were clear as the jet arrived from Wichita, Kansas, carrying, among others, a group of elite ...

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 ...

Dr. Michael McCormick, a retired vice president of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, commented on the air traffic situation, noting, “The traffic volume was low enough in the helicopter position ...

STAFFING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE FAA SINCE THE STRIKE IN 1981. THEY’VE NEVER REALLY HAD ENOUGH CONTROLLERS. IT WAS DURING THAT STRIKE FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FIRED 11,000 AIR TRAFFIC ...

The U.S. has been short of air traffic controllers for years, and the ones working are fatigued The FAA has been grappling with a nagging shortage of air traffic controllers, as well as fatigue ...

the FAA commissioned a safety review of the national airspace system. An independent team produced a report that found inadequate air-traffic control staffing, combined with outdated equipment and ...