Audio from the air traffic controller, who spoke to a Spirit Airlines flight on the runway, showed how tense things get when Air Force One is passing through.
But behind the scenes, internal documents viewed by the Washington Post showed the agency was scrambling. A shortage of qualified instructors for air traffic controllers — a problem even before the ...
The Federal Aviation Administration recently welcomed 600 recruits to its Oklahoma City Academy, its largest class to date.
The Dallas airspace experienced a similar radar outage to the ones that affected Newark earlier this year, prompting flight delays and diversions.
An Air Corsica flight was forced to circle for more than an hour when the airport's air traffic controller fell asleep while on duty.
BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County School District is hoping a new state-of-the-art program can help fill the need for air traffic controllers in the county and nationwide. The past few weeks have been ...
Near misses and potential collisions between planes are an increasing concern raised by pilots and industry experts, per an investigation by the New York Times Getty Two United Airlines planes ...
A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm in a new report after cuts, “burnout, fatigue and low morale,” have caused the number of aviation meteorologists working with air traffic ...
Fresno Yosemite International Airport’s air traffic control tower began operating in 1962. A Fresno Bee story from that year noted its “strict, simple” lines and “modern American” materials — ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- "An accident waiting to happen," and "a deadly crash is inevitable" -- just two of the recent dire warnings from burned-out air traffic controllers. And now, during ...
Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air announced on Monday that passengers scheduled to travel on Thursday, August 28, will be able to change their tickets without incurring any extra charges, due to the ...
It’s official: Biden-era Transportation Secretary “Mayor” Pete Buttigieg really did prioritize “racial equity” when it came to training new air traffic controllers. That’s right: The charge made by ...