Government Executive

How the shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

The shutdown is deepening the FAA’s long-standing controller shortage, straining an already overextended workforce and ...

How the Government Shutdown Is Making the Air Traffic Controller Shortage Worse

Before the shutdown, there was already a critical shortage of air traffic controllers. Coupled with workers calling in sick ...

Air traffic controllers at O'Hare Airport continue to work despite uncertainty from government shutdown

Drew MacQueen, vice president of the Great Lakes Regional National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said what's hitting ...

Air traffic controllers working without pay until government shutdown ends

Passengers taking off from the busiest airport in the world are keenly aware that the government shutdown is impacting those ...
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Actions from Federal Government Needed to Alleviate Air Traffic Controller Staffing Shortages at Many Facilities, Says New Report

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Air traffic controllers in Colorado still reporting to work without pay amid growing uncertainty

It's been more than a week since the federal government shut down, and air traffic controllers are among the thousands of ...
NPR

Air traffic controllers say a push to modernize equipment won't fix deeper problems

When a midair collision and a series of radar outages captured attention in the United States this year, some air traffic controllers thought it might finally lead to solutions for a nationwide ...
Government Executive

To fix air traffic controller shortage, Congress proposes changing retirement limits

To help fill a 3,000-person gap in the air traffic control workforce, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is pushing a bill to bring retired controllers back on the job. The Control Tower Continuity Act ...
NPR

Several countries have privatized air traffic control. Should the U.S.?

In 2017, during his first term in office, President Trump announced his intention to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system, calling it "stuck, painfully, in the past." The proposal never took ...
The Hill

FAA to ‘supercharge’ air traffic controller hiring

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it would aim to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers through 2028 as part of the Trump administration’s plan to “supercharge” recruitment and ...