Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal ...

Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...

Persistent staff shortages have raised safety concerns. At many facilities, staffing is so low that at least a quarter of the ...

After the Washington, D.C., plane crash, Trump said he previously set "extraordinary" standards for air traffic control ...

An air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport reportedly left early on Wednesday before the deadly collision between ...

Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and ...

The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses ...

There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about the causes of Wednesday's ...

The air traffic controllers union responded Friday to claims by President Trump this week that diversity programs contributed ...

There are new questions concerning air safety, following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines flight and a ...

The FAA has struggled for decades to keep its towers adequately staffed. Locally, our airports are understaffed, with air traffic controllers who could be fatigued and stressed.

As of data released in fall of 2024, the FAA said they had more than 14,000 air traffic controllers. Most controllers average ...