Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Students in Angelo State University’s Air Traffic Operations program are getting ...

Airports around the country are facing a critical shortage of air traffic controllers. A UMass program looks to meet the moment.

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has greenlit Aims ...

Researchers are working to inspire the next generation of recruits — and hope to eventually play a role in training them, too.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Even though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded flights due to air traffic control staffing shortages during the government shutdown, training to fill job ...

U.S. Transportation officials announced Thursday that Sacramento City College will be the next school to offer FAA Academy air traffic control training. Officials with the Trump administration said ...

The new program will allow students to skip the FAA academy and go directly to on-site training once passing their courses.

The 43-day federal government shutdown pushed hundreds of prospective air traffic controllers out of the training ranks, deepening staffing strains that workers say will ripple through the system for ...

How is the shutdown affecting air traffic controllers? Air traffic controllers are deemed essential workers, meaning they are still required to work while not receiving compensation — which they would ...