As the ninth day of the government shutdown wears on, the focus is on how many air traffic controllers show up to work tonight. The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing shortages for ...

There was only a "slight increase" in sick leave at two facilities in Virginia and Florida that handle high-altitude traffic, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. But it was enough to ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

This situation can’t fly. The safety of every American plane passenger is being imperiled as the government shutdown drags into its second week, irate air traffic controllers say. More than 14,000 ...

The Trump administration is asking “tough questions” of certain air traffic controllers who did not report to work during the recent government shutdown, the head of the Federal Aviation ...

Air traffic controllers say the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to trim flight schedules by up to 10% during the government shutdown doesn’t go nearly far enough to ease the crushing workload ...

Air traffic controllers handed out leaflets at airports in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., to urge the public to push Congress to end the shutdown. Controllers on Tuesday received their first ...

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a key role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. Those controllers could be in a powerful position this year as well. Lawmakers in ...

WASHINGTON — More than a month into the last government shutdown in 2019, a few air traffic controllers finally reached their breaking point. There was only a "slight increase" in sick leave at two ...