The United States is facing a shortage of approximately 3,000 air traffic controllers as many trainees quit before completing their certification, contributing to travel delays at airports across the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently signed an agreement with a Georgia university to supercharge its air traffic controller hiring pipeline. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline industry faced challenges filling pilot vacancies, which network and low-cost ...

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation are targeting a new generation of air traffic controllers: video gamers.

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 ...

The Transportation Department's inspector general has initiated an audit to examine the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) training of new air traffic controllers, according to an official ...

Washington — The U.S. Transportation Department Office of Inspector General said on Thursday it will open a probe into high failure rates among air traffic control trainees amid a long-standing ...