The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a ...

The FAA says the U.S. needs 3,000 more air traffic controllers to meet staffing shortages. SIU researchers say addressing the ...

Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C.

The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...

Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the ...

A national shortage of air traffic controllers is putting pressure on flight safety and operations, and Ohio is stepping up ...

An air traffic controller in Bogota, Colombia, was suspended after allowing his teenage son to interact with aircraft for ...

According to the NATCA, air traffic controllers make sure that flights are always smooth, navigating two million aviation ...

Chief Transportation Correspondent and Pilot MayCay Beeler explains what's called an "air traffic control washout" amid a ...

The US air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point by a decades-long staffing shortage. It’s causing problems not just for the air traffic controllers that remain ...

National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Rich Santa told a Senate subcommittee Thursday growth in the thousands is needed. The FAA’s controller ranks are about 3,600 short of the ...

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. talks about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.