Air traffic controller shortage drives new FAA-approved Enhanced AT-CTI training at Middle Georgia State University, offering ...

When we talk about avionics development, we often focus on onboard systems, such as chips, sensors, and displays. However, ...

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Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay since a ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- "An accident waiting to happen," and "a deadly crash is inevitable" -- just two of the recent dire warnings from burned-out air traffic controllers. And now, during ...

Air traffic controllers' primary responsibility is aircraft separation, with weather guidance being secondary and workload-dependent. Their weather radar capabilities, especially for en route centers, ...

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To the average person, the idea of an aircraft flying without communicating with air traffic control may seem unimaginable.

On January 29 a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people. Although air traffic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Veteran controllers, in a series of interviews with NewsChannel 5 Investigates, described conditions inside Nashville’s air traffic control tower as nearing “a breaking point ...

An air traffic controller who spent three decades guiding aircraft into and out of the island said the ability to make decisions on the spot was among key traits that kept her in one of aviation’s ...

An air traffic controller managing helicopter and airplane traffic on the night of the Potomac River mid-air collision in January should have informed the crew of the passenger jet an Army helicopter ...