An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.

CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air traffic control system.

An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.

At most U.S. air traffic control towers, when a new plane is about to enter its airspace, they’re handled exactly the same as in the 1970s in one key way: a printer spits out a strip of paper ...

CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air traffic control system.

OSHKOSH — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a major overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system has started with increased enrollment in the FAA's air traffic controller classes.

Federal aviation authorities have been trying for years to hire more air traffic controllers, but they've fallen short of their goals. We look at why it's so hard to train enough controllers.

Last month, the House passed a bill that would dedicate $12.5 billion to the F.A.A.’s efforts to modernize its air traffic control system and correct the staffing shortage.

Of the 290 FAA-operated air traffic control towers spread across America in 2023 (the most recent year with available data), 128 were considered understaffed, falling below the FAA’s 85% ...