Airports around the country are facing a critical shortage of air traffic controllers. A UMass program looks to meet the ...

Researchers are working to inspire the next generation of recruits — and hope to eventually play a role in training them, too ...

They are the unseen voices keeping America’s airspace from turning into a sky-high traffic jam. But what exactly do air traffic controllers do, and how do they get the job? With the FAA reducing ...

Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid Federal Aviation Administration staffing shortages due to the ongoing government shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean ...

The controller's interview with investigators provides new details into how the catastrophe was not averted after an Army helicopter flew too close to a jet, insisting it would go around Earlier this ...

MANKATO — Like an airplane that’s taxied to the runway and is ready to throttle up its engines, city officials have been authorized to apply for $25.3 million to construct an air traffic control tower ...

Air traffic controllers say the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to trim flight schedules by up to 10% during the government shutdown doesn’t go nearly far enough to ease the crushing workload ...