Senators demand increased air traffic control funding after fatal DC-area collision
For the sake of America’s traveling public, we can and must do better. At a minimum, we must commit to doing all we can to ...
Senators call for increased air traffic control funding
Two senators are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with Congress to increase its funding and ...
Air traffic controller shortage of 3,800 due to DEI practices cutting ‘too white, too elite’ candidates: lawyer
The FAA basically decided the students were too white and the schools too elite, so in 2013 knocked them off the preferred hiring list,” claimed lawyer Michael Pearson.
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Air traffic control for drones: BYU engineers introduce low-cost UAV detection technology
With the exponential rise in drone activity, safely managing low-flying airspace has become a major issue. Using a network of ...
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In the wake of Potomac air crash, a local aviation expert offers insight into the air traffic controller profession [column]
As a contractor, I went back to work at an FAA facility (the Harrisburg International Airport air traffic control tower in Middletown), where I provided training to both new recruits and fully ...
Air traffic controller staffing levels exceed standard at CMH. It still falls short of a union goal.
As air traffic controllers and aviation safety continue to make news, does John Glenn Columbus have enough controllers?
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Elon Musk ethics outcry skyrockets with offer to ‘plug into’ FAA
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Commerce Committee sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asking him to bar Musk from any effort to reform air traffic control.
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Air traffic controller shortages are a nationwide problem
Based on 2024 targets set by the FAA and the air traffic controllers' union. Does not include ARTCCs; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals A huge share of the country's air traffic control facilities are ...
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Air traffic controllers say FAA hiring practices, ‘immunity program,’ led to DC plane crash
As for the FAA, an ATC tried unsuccessfully to contact the helicopter less than 30 seconds before the collision, according to audio from air traffic control. The FAA was warned in a 2023 report that ...
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Air Traffic Controllers Blow Whistle On FAA, Say DEI Hiring Practices Led To DC Disaster
A 2023 report warned the FAA that air traffic controllers were increasingly making last-minute flight adjustments due to traffic and staffing shortages, raising safety concerns. The report highlighted ...
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How Elon Musk Can Bring Air Traffic Under Control
Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images/Kevin Lamarque/AP Other mishaps include a January 2023 outage of the Federal Aviation Administration’s critical pilots’ warning system, which disrupted ...
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All the Federal Agencies DOGE Has Gotten Access To
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Musk said in a February 5 X post that he and DOGE “will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system.” His announcement came days ...