Nationwide air traffic control tower staffing shortage includes Pittsburgh International, groups say
More than 90% of the country's airport traffic control towers, including Pittsburgh International Airport, are understaffed ...
America’s air traffic controllers are in short supply—those who qualify can make $137,000 annually, with no bachelor’s required
Several deadly plane crashes this year have put the spotlight on the U.S.’s air traffic controller shortage. Experts point to ...
Does Kansas City have a full staff of air traffic controllers? What the numbers say
The staffing numbers from 2023, the most recent year made available by the Federal Aviation Administration, show the airport ...
Air traffic controller staffing exceeds standards at CVG. Union says it's not enough
The most recent FAA data show that CVG’s control tower exceeded the agency’s staffing target, but union officials say it's not enough.
Five air traffic controllers grilled over moments that led to DC plane crash with helicopter as investigators issue somber update
Two employees at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have been arrested over leaked video of the tragedy. The ...
America desperately needs more air traffic controllers. So why is it so tough to hire them?
The U.S. air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point. It's causing problems not just for the ...
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America’s Air-Traffic Control System: An International Disgrace
The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is operated by a cumbersome federal bureaucracy—the same bureaucracy that’s also ...
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them north west and low across the river — the path ...
Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before DC midair crash with American Airlines flight, NTSB confirms
Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at ...
Washington DC plane crash: investigators probe wreckage and flight logs
Data confirmed that the air traffic controller alerted the helicopter to the presence of the CRJ-700 about two minutes before ...
What does it take to become an air traffic controller?
There are nearly 11,000 controllers currently on the job throughout the country, but to be fully staffed, the FAA needs more than 14,000. To apply, you have to be under 31 years old, and the mandatory ...
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Former air traffic controller at MKE shares insight into D.C. crash, questions key tower decision
A former air traffic controller believes decisions made inside the tower last week at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport contributed to a mid-air collision that killed 67 people.Jordan ...