The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air traffic controllers observe a plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport in 2017. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Air ...

Feb. 9 (UPI) --In a bid to boost staffing levels across the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Friday it will launch a new program to recruit and retain new air traffic ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has touted the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) collegiate training program aimed at bolstering the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) staff. In a post on the ...

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy. New programs ...

SUNY Schenectady training students to become air traffic controllers in FAA certified program. It's alternative to the FAA ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has partnered with Angelo State University in Texas to implement the Enhanced Air Traffic – ...

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire is set to open its first air traffic controller training program, as a national shortage of workers has sparked safety concerns. A new training program for the profession ...

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is expanding the number of schools that can participate in a fast-tracked air traffic control training program, as the administration seeks more ways to address ...

In his first few days guiding aircraft at the Oakland, California, air traffic control center, trainee Ryan Higgins deleted a plane’s data from the radar screen. It was untrackable for a few frantic ...

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question ...