Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on ...

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

New technologies could help air traffic control operate more smoothly, but it won't get rolled out overnight. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

As the air traffic control crisis drags on, putting lives in danger and snarling logistics at key travel hubs, a new villain has emerged: the controllers union. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said air traffic control systems in the U.S. are so antiquated it actually takes longer to fly certain routes today than it did in the 1950s.Transportation Secretary Sean ...

The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was 69% staffed as of September 2023, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures.

So when I got out of the Marine Corps, I attempted to apply. At that time, the FAA was not taking applications. But then, the following year, the air traffic control strike happened. So the day of the ...

Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve. advertisement. Air traffic control keeps planes moving.

Simply stated, air-traffic control is a 24/7 high-tech operation trapped inside a regulatory agency. The FAA is bound by stultifying federal rules and sees Congress, not the traveling public, as ...

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said a new air traffic control system would have meaningful impact on delays and the airline’s ability to maximize its schedule. (Miguel Martinez/AJC) ...

A 2023 FAA Inspector General report showed 20 of 26 critical air traffic control facilities are staffed below the agency’s 85% threshold, with New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control at 54%.

Here's what travelers should know about the issues at the 12th busiest airport in the U.S. Air traffic control staffing shortage. One of the reasons Newark airport has been dealing with ...