Flying

Controller Training

During my time as a controller, I’ve had a lot of pilots ask about what’s involved with ATC training and how it compares to pilot training. Unlike for some pilots, it’s not one and done, nor should it ...
Yahoo

Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air traffic controllers observe a plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport in 2017. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Air ...
Government Executive

Congress reaches a bipartisan breakthrough on air traffic controller staffing

Lawmakers have struck a deal to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, key negotiators announced early Monday as they unveiled a $105 billion measure that will lead to the hiring of ...
CBS News

A college in Queens will play a big role in fighting the air traffic controller shortage. Here's how.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that Vaughn College will train some FAA controllers on campus as part of a new, nationwide program. The small college in Queens is about to play ...
AOL

Keep air traffic controller training in OKC, congressional delegation urges FAA

Oklahoma's congressional delegation is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider plans to expand some air traffic controller training outside Oklahoma City. A report published last year ...
New York Post

Air traffic controller shortage of 3,800 due to DEI practices cutting ‘too white, too elite’ candidates: lawyer

A critical shortage of 3,800 air traffic controllers is because of the Federal Aviation Administration’s DEI practices leaving a “gaping hole” in recruitment, a lawyer claimed to The Post. Over 1,000 ...
Homeland Security Today

OIG Finds Inadequate Air Traffic Controller Staffing and Training at Critical Facilities

Ensuring adequate staffing and training for air traffic controllers—an essential part of maintaining the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS)—has been a challenge for the ...
NPR

Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hailee Williamson calmly directs a virtual airplane to land on a runway that looks exactly like one at the airport in Oklahoma City where the Federal Aviation Administration ...
CBS News

FAA faces critical shortage of air traffic controllers. Here's a look into methods to retain and train them.

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 ...
WRBL

Middle Georgia State University to join enhanced air traffic controller training program

MACON, Ga. (WRBL) — The U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed an agreement with Middle Georgia State University to join an ...
Aviation Week

FAA Grants Exemption For Controller Training

Contract air traffic control service provider Midwest ATC has obtained an exemption from the FAA that allows student controllers to use classroom and simulator training as credit toward a facility ...