How air traffic controllers keep US skies safe -- and how to become one

With the FAA cutting 10% of flights starting Friday, air traffic controllers are currently unpaid in some of the most ...
Utah Public Radio

Utah's only air traffic control minor program increases fivefold

Utah State University, Utah's only institution offering a minor in air traffic control, hopes to alleviate the US Federal ...
LAist

Burbank's air traffic control tower shut down last week. How dangerous was it?

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New Hampshire Public Radio

Nashua program aims to address air traffic controller shortage amid nationwide flight disruptions

The Federal Aviation Administration has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers and the recent government shutdown has only exacerbated the crisis.
Bay News 9

New program looks to fill air traffic controller need

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 ...
Forbes

Air Traffic Controller Sick Calls Are Ramping Up—Expect Flight Delays To Climb

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 ...
NBC News

Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck. Some are now forced to get a side gig.

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 ...
WSMV

‘Like a time bomb’: Internal memo, former controller raise alarms about BNA Air Traffic Control staffing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A former air traffic controller for Nashville International Airport’s air traffic control tower is raising alarms about dangerous staffing shortages in the tower as passenger ...
TravelPulse

Flight Delays Continue as Government Shutdown Drags On

As the government shutdown continues, over 2,000 flights were delayed within, into, or out of the United States on Wednesday, as of 2:35 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware.com. In total, there have ...
Reuters

FAA says US air traffic control staffing issues cause more flight delays

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 ...
seattlepi.com

How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

(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 ...
NBC News

Air traffic control staffing issues cause flight delays across U.S.

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 ...