WASHINGTON — This week, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration laid out an ambitious goal of bringing the U.S. air traffic control system into the 21st century. "The whole idea is to replace ...

Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights across the country. Twelve Federal Aviation ...

The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences ...

This is having *** great impact, great concern, great stress. The FAA says it's been delaying flights due to air traffic controller shortages. The transportation secretary blames the government ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

Air traffic controllers will continue to work under strain as the government shutdown drags on, according to the head of the union that represents them. "What they're working under is one of the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is again reporting short staffing at air traffic control operations as the government shutdown continues in its eighth day. On Wednesday evening, six major air ...

The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we could adopt its privatized air traffic control system. Last month, to rally support for a massive ...

The government shutdown and recent accidents have shown the Air Traffic Control system’s vulnerability. It should be turned into an independent, nonprofit organization removed from politics. The ...

A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...