So I teach air traffic management. I train the air traffic controllers of the future. So I get to see them every day. I get to work in a simulated air traffic control environments, both tower and in ...

Graves advocated for $12.5 billion in air traffic control modernization as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The money would fund new towers, radar systems and facilities, as well as hiring ...

SUNY Schenectady purchased this simulator of a commercial air traffic control tower to train students. The college has just been named by the FAA as one of six where students can go directly to ...

Embry‑Riddle student Hailee Williamson, who is earning her bachelor's degree in air traffic management, trains in the university’s tower lab. [Credit: Embry‑Riddle/Bill Fredette-Huffman ...

The nation’s air traffic control system, responsible for ensuring the safe passage of nearly 3 million travelers a day, has long been overtaxed, understaffed and saddled with technology that ...

Rochester’s target number is 23 certified controllers. The Rochester tower has 10 certified professional controllers, or 43.4% of the ideal goal. The FAA is in charge of staffing control towers ...

B-2 bomber pilots and air support personnel train extensively, often for years, to be ready to carry out an operation like ...

The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson was 69% staffed as of September 2023, according to the most recent Federal Aviation Administration figures. The national statistic is about 74%.

The White House's line of thought is that if they aren't reporting to an air traffic control tower, then their job isn't essential. Agency management is concerned that the mass departures could ...

The Philadelphia tower, which houses both airport air traffic control and TRACON (short for Terminal Radar Approach Control) facilities, is short about 51 employees from the agency's goal based on ...