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Newark Airport systems outage was ‘most dangerous situation,’ air traffic controller says

The air traffic system meltdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last week “was the most dangerous situation you could have,” according to an air traffic controller on duty that day, as the ...
CNN

Air traffic control staffing shortages cause more flight delays as government shutdown drags on for eighth day

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 ...
Yahoo

Air traffic controllers lost communication with Newark planes – leading to widespread delays after they took leave for trauma

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A control tower is seen at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on Monday, May 5, 2025. - Seth Wenig/AP Air ...
Greeley Tribune

Aims Community College’s new air traffic controller program adds to workforce

Aims is now offering the Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative, known as E-CTI. Based at Aims’ Windsor campus, ...
WTOP News

Government shutdown highlights nation’s air traffic control system issues again

The problems with the nation’s air traffic control system have been spotlighted during the government shutdown, with controllers working without pay for almost a month and a half and hundreds calling ...
CNBC

Why U.S. air traffic control is stretched so thin — and the fight to fix it

Air traffic controllers lost radio and radar contact with planes heading to Newark Liberty International Airport due to an equipment outage on April 28. The outage exposed years of underinvestment and ...
NBC News

Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck. Some are now forced to get a side gig.

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...
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Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

Pete LeFevre is worried about how his coworkers will get by if they don't get paid next week. It would be the first $0 paycheck for America's 13,000 air traffic controllers during the second-longest ...
NPR

5 air traffic controllers explain the improvements they want

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say Trump administration's plan to overhaul the nation's air traffic system does little to fix the bigger problem: a nationwide staffing shortage. We ...
AOL

Air traffic controllers lost communication with Newark planes – leading to widespread delays after they took leave for trauma

Air traffic controllers who lost communication with aircraft at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, leading to hundreds of delays for more than a week, are taking special government ...
WREX

Air traffic controllers lost communication with Newark planes – leading to widespread delays after they took leave for trauma

(CNN) — More than a week of delays at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were caused after air traffic controllers lost communication with aircraft they were supposed to be controlling ...