A new National Academies report highlights a severe, 15-year decline in U.S. air traffic controller staffing, with many facilities now significantly understaffed due to insufficient FAA hiring.

For over 30 years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has tried – and failed –to modernize America’s woefully dysfunctional air traffic control system (ATC). It is time to get ATC out from under ...

FAA MUST FIX DISPLAY PROBLEMS AT FOUR ATC SITES, REPORT SAYS - FAA's chief watchdog says the aging air traffic control displays at four of the largest terminal control facilities need replacing ...

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based ULCC Spirit Airlines says the FAA’s Jacksonville, Florida en route air traffic control (ATC) center continues to face staffing shortages leading to a challenging ...