Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years. We visit a school in Florida that's trying to get them on the job faster.

In School With Air Traffic Controllers. ABC News takes a behind-the-scenes look at the intense training. By ABC News. November 19, 2008, 10:33 AM.

The U.S. needs thousands of additional air traffic controllers, but training and certifying them can take years. NPR visits one school that's trying to get controllers on the job faster.

FAA partners with Middle Georgia State University to address air traffic controller shortage through Enhanced AT-CTI program, ...

Duffy announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed an agreement with Middle Georgia State University in ...

Middle Georgia State University is the first college in its state to be authorized for the Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate ...

Once approved, that school is accepted into the FAA’s Air Traffic Control CTI (Collegiate Training Initiative) program. Some of the items on the checklist include: ...

Air traffic controller school. Air traffic control training today - overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration - remains as intense as it's ever been. In fact, ...

An air traffic controller (ATC) peers out over the Oklahoma City Airport field. “Copy. Cleared for takeoff, runway 17, right, Cessna 123,” the pilot responds.

Air traffic controllers are set to receive a 30% pay hike as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to boost recruitment Thursday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made the announcement ...

Mat Coston has wanted to be an air traffic controller since he was 8. That's why he and his wife moved here, why he spent thousands of dollars on a degree, and now he's been rejected by the FAA's ...

"That's where we come in," says Michael McCormick, who worked as an air traffic controller and manager at the FAA for over 30 years and now runs the air traffic management program at Embry-Riddle.