The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...

While air traffic operations and flights across the U.S. have been limited due to the ongoing government shutdown, one former air traffic controller is sharing a potential solution to get airports ...

America hasn’t had enough air traffic controllers for more than a decade – and the recent government shutdown might have made it even worse. The stress of not being paid for those 44 days, on top of ...

DENVER ‒ They sit inside darkened facilities or lofty towers, surrounded by aging computers, speaking in clipped and cryptic phrases. And the slips of paper they pass between each other represent the ...

They are the unseen voices keeping America’s air space from turning into a sky-high traffic jam, but what exactly do air traffic controllers do, and how do they get the job? With the FAA reducing ...