Controllers must meet strict eligibility requirements and complete years of training before taking charge of airspace.
On January 17, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced two significant, pending regulatory changes regarding the digitization ...
Complaints about the FAA’s hiring policies resurfaced after the American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter ...
While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an ...
President Trump appointed Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the COVID-19 pandemic caused air traffic controller recruitment to "plummet" for two ...
Following a deadly collision at Reagan National Airport, the FAA reduces flight arrivals to enhance safety. The changes, ...
The lawsuit was filed back in 2015, but resurfaced this week amid concern over hiring practices among air traffic controllers in the wake of the plane collision with a helicopter on Wednesday.
That’s a big accusation for what stems from a relatively small kerfuffle.
There are new questions concerning air safety, following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines flight and a ...
Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.