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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department Office of Inspector General said on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed training of new controllers and provide new incentives to ...

The Transportation Department's inspector general is auditing the FAA's training program for new air traffic controllers following a significant hiring push.

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

ATLANTA - The Federal Aviation Administration is making some upgrades at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Atlanta airport is one of 56 sites getting more Tower Simulation Systems ...

Contract air traffic control service provider Midwest ATC has obtained an exemption from the FAA that allows student controllers to use classroom and simulator training as credit toward a facility ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more ...

The FAA is trying to hire nearly 9,000 new air traffic controllers by 2028, but the pipeline meant to train them is struggling to keep pace—and now US federal watchdogs want to know why. The ...