After crash, questions about air traffic control staffing
A source tells NBC News that, according to a preliminary FAA report, a single air traffic controller was handling both planes ...
Air traffic control has been 'under attack' by DEI, former controller says
Retired commercial airline pilot Scott Pattillo and aviation attorney Michael Pearson explain why control systems are at a ...
Is there an air traffic controller shortage? Deadly midair collision raises concerns
Amid increased concerns about aviation safety, here's how many air traffic controllers there are in the U.S., and how the ...
Here's what it takes to become an air traffic controller, a job considered 'stressful' and 'tough'
Wednesday night’s fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving a commercial airplane and a Black Hawk ...
Staffing at Reagan Washington National Airport air control tower was ‘not normal' on night of collision: FAA
The staffing at the air control tower at Reagan National Airport was "not normal" when an American Airlines plane and Army ...
"Not normal": Air traffic controllers were stretched thin during D.C. crash, per report
A 2023 report determined that over 99% of American airports lacked critical air traffic control staffing. Aggressively ...
Trump rails against DEI after DC plane crash, but it doesn't apply to air traffic controllers
Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.
Bay Area airfield near SFO escapes air traffic control fiasco
The San Carlos airport escaped a near-shutdown of its air traffic towers after stalled contract negotiations between the ...