Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy expands air traffic control training programs to address a nationwide shortage of roughly ...

The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the ...

They teach aviation basics, complex air-traffic scenarios and other courses during the recruits’ two months of training. On March 6, for example, just six of the 105 instructors who teach one facet of ...

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced on Wednesday that 2,000 new air traffic controllers will be hired this year, ...

Five schools have enrolled in the AT-CTI under the Trump administration so far, including Nashua Community College, the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed training of new controllers and provide new incentives to ...

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Washington, DC (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the FAA is almost 4,000 controllers short of staffing the nation’s control towers. Kentucky is stepping up to fix ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Department of Aviation says staffing changes are underway at Lexington’s air traffic control tower. Officials say there will be reduced staffing on midnight shifts ...