The Federal Aviation Administration has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers and the recent government shutdown has only exacerbated the crisis.

Two days after a helicopter and American Airlines flight collided in Washington, D.C., the air traffic controller involved ...

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 ...

Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, and that has Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the head of the controllers' union concerned ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...

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 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers has led to thousands of flight delays as the government shutdown enters its 20th day. Roughly ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Sunday that air traffic control staffing issues were delaying travel at airports in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Newark as a U.S. government shutdown hit ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said late Sunday that air traffic control staffing issues were delaying travel at airports in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Newark as ...

As of October 14, air traffic controllers throughout the United States will not receive another paycheck until the government shutdown ends—and in concern and admiration for the work they do, one ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Conversation U.S. asked Brian Strzempkowski and Melanie Dickman, aviation experts ...

Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay since a ...