The median salary for an air traffic controller was $144,580 in May 2024. The FAA has tried to streamline the hiring process to address controller shortages. Whenever there’s an issue in the ...

Why, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association: The union hates the idea, and has voted to punish any controller who signs a waiver with a seniority cap (i.e., you stop accruing seniority ...

MALVERN, Pa.—Jonathan Stewart was into his fourth hour overseeing the planes flying near Newark, N.J., when he noticed two aircraft speeding nose-to-nose on his radar scope. A business jet that ...

And they prompted one air traffic controller to share their perspective in an interview with NPR this week. "We're overstretched, we're understaffed, we're all stressed out. Our equipment doesn't ...