Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists direct the safe passage of aircraft by keeping them separate from each other and issuing safety alerts. They monitor and conduct air ...

2014, FAA air-traffic workforce data shows. At the Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, a facility that handles flights for a broader area that includes the D.C. region, the number of ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced during a visit to the Federal Aviation Administration's academy at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center ... also said the air traffic controller ...

$11 billion of which was directed toward air traffic management. Flash forward to December 2024, when an alarming report from the Government Accountability Office stated that among the FAA’s 138 ...

A team from billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company will help envision ways to overhaul the nation’s aging air traffic control ... s command center Monday, Transportation Secretary ...

relying on the acuity of air traffic controllers to orchestrate high-speed maneuvers and help prevent aircraft from crashing. But the shortage of air traffic controllers is nearly the worst in 30 ...

The Trump Administration has a plan to increase air traffic control staffing: faster hiring and more money. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday that the Federal Aviation ...

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller ... firings because the FAA office he worked in focused on national ...

But are air traffic controllers being let go ... This position maintains office records and data reports and work to support logistics. Environmental Protection Specialists: These employees ...

By Mark Walker Reporting from Oklahoma City Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration would increase the pay for air traffic controller ...