Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal ...
National Airport has long struggled to manage helicopter traffic, records show
Reports by pilots and government investigators show how concerns over coordinating airplane and helicopter traffic at Reagan National Airport go back decades.
285 of 313 Air Traffic Control Facilities Are Understaffed
Persistent staff shortages have raised safety concerns. At many facilities, staffing is so low that at least a quarter of the ...
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...
UMass Amherst hopes to train next generation of air traffic controllers using simulator
Inside the UMass Transportation Center in Chicopee, you’ll find one of the only 360-degree air traffic control tower simulators in the country. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
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Bartow air traffic controller academy will work towards filling nationwide vacancies
The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that ...
UMass hopes to train next generation of air traffic controllers in tower simulator
Inside the UMass Transportation Center in Chicopee, you'll find one of the only 360-degree air traffic control tower simulators in the country.
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San Carlos Airport may operate with unstaffed control tower as contract talks continue
As negotiations for a new air traffic control service at the San Carlos Airport continue this week, the San Mateo County airport is considering the temporary use of unstaffed tower procedures. The ...
San Carlos Airport reaches agreement to keep its air traffic controllers
A regional Bay Area airport that was set to lose its air traffic controllers due to a pay dispute has reached an agreement to keep them, KRON4.com has confirmed. On Wednesday, San Carlos Airport (SQL) ...