Airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base are learning to control both military and civilian aircraft, preparing them for any aerial crisis in the field of air traffic control.

BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County School District is hoping a new state-of-the-art program can help fill the need for air traffic controllers in the county and nationwide. The past few weeks have been ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy expands air traffic control training programs to address a nationwide shortage of roughly 3,000 controllers.

TRYING TO SUPERCHARGE THE HIRING PIPELINE. SKYWEST TEN ZERO EIGHT ACADEMY GROUND. WEST TEN EIGHT. GO HEAD CONTACT TOWER. THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO REALLY BEING INSIDE AN AIR TRAFFIC ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — As the nation grapples with an air traffic controller shortage, Eastern Kentucky University wants to help address the issue—with plans to possibly add an air traffic control ...

A shortage of air traffic controllers has been a concern for years. Following recent plane crashes, the issue has gained more attention. In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a school for future controllers ...

GRAND FORKS – Admissions at the University of North Dakota’s air traffic management program are set to climb substantially next year amid calls from the legislative and executive branches for more air ...

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 ...

Air traffic control is back in the news. On Apr. 28 and again on May 9, communication system breakdowns affecting Newark Liberty International Airport limited the ability of air traffic controllers to ...

WASHINGTON — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg failed to replace outdated air traffic control systems while in office — with his agency instead shelling out tens of billions of dollars on ...

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is expanding the number of schools that can participate in a fast-tracked air traffic control training program, as the administration seeks more ways to address ...