They are the unseen voices keeping America’s airspace from turning into a sky-high traffic jam. But what exactly do air traffic controllers do, and how do they get the job? With the FAA reducing ...

President Donald Trump on Monday offered bonuses for unpaid air traffic controllers who did not miss work during the shutdown, but also suggested those who took time off should leave the profession ...

Researchers are working to inspire the next generation of recruits — and hope to eventually play a role in training them, too.

Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing ...

More air travel disruptions piled up Monday as the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown continued. Air traffic controllers missed their second full paycheck of the shutdown. The Senate made progress ...

President Donald Trump urged air traffic controllers who have missed work during the government shutdown to return to their posts, threatening to withhold pay for those who do not show up as travelers ...

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Tony Knobloch’s interest in air traffic control goes beyond his family’s ties to the field. “I want to make a lot of money,” said Knobloch, a 21-year-old from Loveland in the air traffic controller ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing flights across 40 major airports because of shortages of air traffic controllers triggered by the ongoing federal government shutdown. The shutdown, ...

The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...

Aims Community College has been designated as one of only 11 schools in the country authorized to send graduates directly ...

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control ...