Only 28 facilities are staffed properly . The New York Times reported last week that 285 of the country’s 313 ATC facilities ...

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 ...

Controllers must meet strict eligibility requirements and complete years of training before taking charge of airspace.

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

Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a ...

A common misconception is that towered airports are safer than nontowered airports, because ATC is "watching out" for the ...

Air traffic control communications reveal the moments when controllers tried to reach a doomed jet in Philadelphia, which ...

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

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet ...

Issues with air traffic control staffing are under the spotlight following the fatal mid-air collision between an American ...

The San Carlos Airport (SQL) in San Mateo County will no longer have air traffic controllers starting in February following a ...

Rep. Troy Nehls told The Post that Federal Aviation Administration officials had known about the “staffing issues” and that ...