Congress to Hold Hearing on Air Traffic Control

New air traffic academy died in Congress despite dire need for more staff
Facing a dire shortage of air traffic controllers, some thought creating a second training academy made sense. Oklahoma lawmakers thought otherwise.
Congress to Hold Hearing on Air Traffic Control After Safety Incidents
A U.S. House of Representatives panel will hold a hearing next week on air traffic control issues after a series of incidents highlighted concerns about persistent staffing shortages. The Transportation and Infrastructure's aviation subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday titled "America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing" that will include the head of Airlines for America,
California Suffered Major Air Traffic Control Issue
An hour-long system outage at the Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center affected flights across the West Coast and Hawaii on Saturday evening.
NATCA Agitates Recruitment, Training Of More Air Traffic Controllers
The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has called on the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to recruit and train additional Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) for the industry.
US Senators Call for New Funding for Air Traffic Control Training
A bipartisan group of three senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed training of new controllers and new incentives to retain aviation workers. Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senators John Hoeven and Jerry Moran introduced legislation that would authorize $100 million for tower simulators at Air Traffic Control facilities nationwide,
Trump Admin lays off 400 FAA workers amid air traffic incidents; 1 Austin worker laid off
Despite the spate of incidents making headlines, the FAA is slimming down its workforce and one worker has already been laid ...
Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees who maintain critical ...
Does Des Moines International Airport have a shortage of air traffic controllers?
Recent media reports suggest Des Moines International Airport's air traffic control staffing is critically shorthanded.
Trump Administration Begins Mass Firings of Air Traffic Control Staff
Firings affected several hundred workers responsible for maintaining FAA radar, landing systems and navigational aids.
Air traffic audio captures the scene after a plane flipped upside down while landing in Toronto
Audio from from Toronto Pearson Airport captures the reaction from air traffic controllers the moment a plane arriving from ...
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The firings come as the FAA is already struggling to find enough air traffic controllers to man the nation's airports.
‘Air traffic controller of news’ speaks to students about journalism, managing a newsroom
Students participating in the Cleveland Media Academy met Feb. 1 with Laura Johnston, Content Director for cleveland.com and ...
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Air Traffic controllers union to analyze FAA firings’ impact on safety
One air traffic controller said the impacted workers include employees hired for the FAA’s radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has defended the ...
A midair collision in Arizona prompts questions about air traffic control towers
Do more U.S. airports need control towers? That's one of the questions that has arisen following a midair collision at an ...
Air-traffic-control union ‘analyzing the effect’ of Trump firing notices
Emails to air-traffic controllers, according to a second air-safety union president, came “from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft ...
US Air Force pilot reports close encounter with ‘football-sized’ UFO in leaked audio: ‘Right under my wing’
This is going to sound weird,” the pilot tells a local air traffic controller. “But I just had something pass underneath my ...