Business Insider spoke with FAA controller Cedrick Earley to discuss what it is like to work the job. Here are nine things you should know before applying to become an air traffic controller.

Millions of travelers rely on air traffic controllers every day to orchestrate high-speed maneuvers and help prevent planes from crashing. But a critical shortage has forced many to work “six days a ...

How a Catholic university is preparing the next generation of air traffic controllers to manage the sky and keep travelers ...

The FAA announced an air traffic controller hiring window between Feb. 27 and Mar. 17. It said the hiring process will be more efficient by becoming a five-step, rather than an eight-step process.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — On the heels of multiple deadly plane crashes across the country, air traffic control experts told Congress the U.S. is “not the gold standard in aviation anymore.” ...

According to the FAA, there are several requirements to become an air traffic controller, which only 10% of applicants pass, including: Despite plane crashes being in the news lately, air travel ...

McCormick said the FAA could go further to get young people interested in becoming air traffic controllers. “I think they need to start reaching out more to high school age (students ...