New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher ...

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 FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.

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Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and ...

Collateral damage — "injury inflicted on something other than an intended target" — is most often associated with war. It has ...

A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...

The first and most obvious benefit of indoor training, especially in the darker months of the year, is safety. For many of us ...