(CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is stepping up air traffic control training after a series of close calls have left the flying public and regulatory bodies rattled. The transportation ...

Luther "Dewayne" Davis, right, coaches Transportation Secy. Pete Buttigieg during an air traffic controller simulation at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City during a visit in March ...

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 ...

Applications will be taken starting October 11 for the FAA’s new direct entry air traffic control training program at two Oklahoma schools. Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma are ...

How a Catholic university is preparing the next generation of air traffic controllers to manage the sky and keep travelers safe. Lewis University students scan screens as they learn how to keep planes ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Students in a building located at Bartow Executive Airport are using a $280,000 simulator, typically reserved for the military and a few other schools in the nation. The ...

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question ...

(SAIC), not by the FAA. 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 ...

Adacel Technologies Limited (Adacel), a global leader in air traffic management and simulation technology, and Smart Eye, a world-renowned provider of advanced eye tracking solutions, today announced ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University and Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State ...