The FAA has been wringing its hands about a potentially disastrous dearth of air traffic controllers for some time now. The job involves high stakes, and having a deficit of said employees fuels a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic organization is stepping down after 40 years of federal government service, an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The FAA said in a statement that the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center lost communications for approximately 90 seconds. McIntosh said both the primary and main backup frequencies went down, so ...

Three technical outages affecting Newark airport have traumatized air traffic controllers and worried passengers about the safety of U.S. air travel. Here are the facts on what’s happening.

An air traffic control facility in Colorado experienced a communications outage earlier this week, the latest in a series of Federal Aviation Administration equipment failures that have raised ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, July 24, 2024, that it reached an agreement the union that allow air traffic controllers to get more rest between shifts.

The FAA plans more changes to helicopter routes near Reagan Airport to improve safety, after fatal mid-air collision in ...

Air traffic controllers at a small North Dakota airport didn't inform an Air Force bomber's crew that a commercial airliner was flying in the same area, the military said, shedding light on the ...

The union for air traffic controllers recommended to its members that they not accept Tuesday’s offer, because the FAA had not decided which positions would be included in the resignation plan.

The FAA said in a statement that the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center lost communications for approximately 90 seconds. McIntosh said both the primary and main backup frequencies went down, so ...

The FAA said Monday that a private company services the Minot air traffic control tower, and that the controllers there aren't FAA employees. It is one of 265 airport towers nationwide that are ...

Air traffic controllers in Denver scrambled to use backup communications during an outage By: Josh Funk, The Associated Press Posted: 1:29 PM CDT Thursday, May. 15, 2025 Last Modified: 4:42 PM CDT ...