During the campaign, Musk demanded the resignation of FAA administrator Michael Whitaker, who clashed with Musk over ...

President Donald Trump has imposed a hiring freeze on most federal jobs but exempted some positions. Transportation Secretary ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the COVID-19 pandemic caused air traffic controller recruitment to "plummet" for two ...

Sources say air traffic control offices have been in a state of Trumpian despair since he took over — and that was before the ...

Persistent staff shortages have raised safety concerns. At many facilities, staffing is so low that at least a quarter of the ...

Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation ...

Vice President J.D. Vance was cornered on Fox News Sunday after he claimed that his Democratic predecessors ordered the ...

Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...

Airports in the U.S. are struggling with staffing shortages in air traffic control, with only around 70%-79% of positions ...

The air traffic controllers union responded Friday to claims by President Trump this week that diversity programs contributed ...

The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy ...

If San Carlos Airport loses its air traffic controllers, and air traffic towers are forced to go unmanned, it could create safety issues.