Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay.
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...
UMass Amherst hopes to train next generation of air traffic controllers using simulator
Inside the UMass Transportation Center in Chicopee, you’ll find one of the only 360-degree air traffic control tower simulators in the country. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
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Polk's KBOW starting air traffic control academy
FOX 13’s Carla Bayron reports on Polk County working to fill the desperate need for more air traffic controllers nationwide by building a new control tower operator academy at Bartow Executive Airport ...