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

U.S. Transportation officials announced Thursday that Sacramento City College will be the next school to offer FAA Academy air traffic control training. Officials with the Trump administration said ...

Angelo State University launched an innovative new air traffic control simulator lab.

The main entrance to FAA's Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center in Fort Worth is pictured, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Scott Turner used to jump out of airplanes. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Students in Angelo State University’s Air Traffic Operations program are getting ...

In Queens, a college of aeronautics is trying to help meet the need for controllers. I put on a headset and gave the training a try. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at a ...

As the federal government entered the second week of a shutdown, staffing shortages among air traffic controllers began impacting travel.But even before the shutdown began on Oct. 1, a shortage of air ...

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 ...

A long-running air traffic controllers shortage is expected to slow air travel at Canadian airports this summer. The industry has been short-staffed for decades. But when air travel tanked during the ...

When you think about high-stress careers, jobs like surgeons or firefighters probably come to mind first. But there's another profession that operates under equally intense pressure but often flies ...