The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday that it would aim to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers through 2028 as part of the Trump administration’s plan to “supercharge” recruitment and ...

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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 ...

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.

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 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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...