According to the FAA, it is highly competitive to become an air traffic controller, as candidates must be under 31 years old ...

Some experts say there is a solution that could change the dynamic in relatively short order — either privatize air traffic control, or set up a separate government corporation that can run the system ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered air traffic controllers from reserves amid a shortage during the government shutdown. “I had a text from ...

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher ...

As the federal government entered the second week of a shutdown, staffing shortages among air traffic controllers began impacting travel.But even before the shutdown began on Oct. 1, a shortage of air ...

The government shutdown has hit air traffic controllers hard, Republicans fret as the government shutdown threatens ...

Frustration is growing among air traffic controllers in New York City and around the country as the government shutdown stretches into a third week. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers ...

The FAA announced last week it was reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets as a result of the staffing ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued three ground stops at major U.S. airports Thursday evening due to staffing shortages—and unpaid air traffic controllers have told Forbes the volume of ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on social media on Wednesday that 46% of the previous day's flight delays were due ...

Air traffic control towers have been in the headlines this year, likely more than anyone (both in the industry and travelers alike) would have wanted them to be. A tragic accident in understaffed air ...