BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County School District is hoping a new state-of-the-art program can help fill the need for air traffic controllers in the county and nationwide. The past few weeks have been ...

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights at times and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay.On Friday evening, airports in Phoenix, Houston and San ...

An air traffic controller told lawmakers at a NewsNation town hall Wednesday that he’s been forced to moonlight as a food delivery driver to provide for his child amid the government shutdown, which ...

The Hollywood Burbank Airport drew national attention recently when a shortage of air traffic controllers meant its tower had to close. The lack of controllers is a long-running issue that’s getting ...

As the federal government entered the second week of a shutdown, staffing shortages among air traffic controllers began impacting travel.But even before the shutdown began on Oct. 1, a shortage of air ...

A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air traffic controllers leave a number of airport towers and control facilities ...

Air traffic controllers are working six 10-hour days a week without pay, putting additional stress on an already “critically understaffed” workforce, says the union chief representing them—as ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Every government employee is impacted during the nation’s first federal government shutdown in nearly seven years. From airports as large as San Diego International, to ...

WASHINGTON—Having “supercharged” its efforts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has achieved a previously announced goal to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers this fiscal year. The total is 10 ...

An Air Corsica flight was forced to circle for over an hour because an air traffic controller fell asleep. First responders had to enter the control tower at Napoléon Bonaparte airport in Corsica to ...