The FAA and NATCA wanted 14,633 CPCs alone in 2024. But despite efforts to boost hiring, the agency netted only 36 new controllers in fiscal year 2024, The Air Current reported. The FAA last week ...

The agency in charge of air travel safety is facing criticism and demands for change after a yearslong streak of no major ...

Air traffic control staffing standards and targets were set last year by a collaborative group, which included members of the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during an interview that he plans to encourage air traffic controllers to keep working past the mandatory retirement age of 56, which he says would enhance ...

The president said he would work with Congress to improve aging technology used by the Federal Aviation Administration.

A NOTAM outage in 2023 was more significant, forcing the FAA to ground all U.S. flight departures. “Our air traffic controllers are the best. Full stop,” said Sara Nelson, president of the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it would slow the arrivals rate at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) outside of Washington as weather and recovery efforts were affecting ...

However, it’s not unusual for air traffic controllers to have a “multitude ... space transportation over New England, with our FAA Center located off Exit 4 at 35 Northeastern Boulevard.

“It is not yet clear how this program will affect aviation safety workers represented by our Union,” he added. "However, we are concerned about the potential effect to public safety and the ...

The White House has said that air traffic controllers fall under the public ... We could not find any documentation detailing when the Federal Aviation Administration outlined its exemptions ...

Duffy, a former Wisconsin lawmaker, said he hopes the air traffic controllers will accept the offer he plans to make “in the coming days.” The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is still some 3,000 ...

That union was decertified and dissolved. The FAA and Congress didn’t learn much, though, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association took the previous union’s place in 1987.