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An AI-based system is now being tested to assisted with directing air traffic at some of the busiest airports in the world, after a fatal plane crash in Washington, D.C., earlier this year prompted ...
The academy “is the introduction into air traffic,” said Chris Wilbanks, FAA vice president for mission support. “This really ...
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.
The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we should copy its privatized air traffic control system.
Air traffic controllers are in high demand—but is the shortage putting your safety at risk when you fly?
Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to internet upgrades, yet air traffic control systems remain stuck in the age of copper lines. Airlines for America (A4A) is leading the charge for ...
A shortage of air traffic controllers is one factor into the rough stretch of delays and cancellations at Newark Airport.
But, how does our air traffic control system work? How do air traffic controllers keep track of all of the planes in the sky? And what happens when systems fail? Michael McCormick, a former air ...
An Air Canada pilot was recorded telling his passengers that flight delays are due to a deliberate shortage of air traffic controllers to “keep the overtime up.” ...
Amid air traffic control shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlines plans to retain experienced staff, hire new controllers, and improve training at the FAA Academy.
Major airline CEOs on Wednesday called on Congress to approve billions of dollars in funding to modernize the United States' aging air traffic control system, saying it is "failing Americans." ...
Behind the scenes of every flight, air traffic controllers are working tirelessly to ensure that the global aviation system moves safely.