The agency is short about 3,000 air traffic controllers, and even an ambitious hiring surge would only make a dent in coming years.

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

According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the FAA is almost 4,000 controllers short of staffing the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is hiring New Yorkers for positions at its air traffic control facilities. The average ...

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 ...

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

The federal government runs air traffic control because that was the easiest way to do things in the early days of flying.

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

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