The deadly collision at Reagan National has led to questions regarding staffing and air capacity. Are those concerns at Charlotte’s airport?
The most recent FAA data show that CVG’s control tower exceeded the agency’s staffing target, but union officials say it's not enough.
Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them north west and low across the river — the path ...
The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is operated by a cumbersome federal bureaucracy—the same bureaucracy that’s also ...
The staffing numbers from 2023, the most recent year made available by the Federal Aviation Administration, show the airport ...
But knowing a big crash like this was coming—seeing all the patched-up holes in the aviation system that might have made it ...
For 25 years, I worked in civilian aerospace at Rolls Royce and Airbus. Then, I taught college students to dispassionately ...
Only 28 facilities are staffed properly . The New York Times reported last week that 285 of the country’s 313 ATC facilities ...
Controllers must meet strict eligibility requirements and complete years of training before taking charge of airspace.
The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport may have been understaffed the night of the collision between an ...
The horrific air crash in Washington, D.C. is focusing attention on the shortage of air-traffic controllers. The problem with the system, however, goes far deeper.
The FAA’s 2024-2033 Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan shows that as of September 2023, Sacramento International had 14 fully trained air traffic controllers and one more person at a high level of ...