An air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport reportedly left early on Wednesday before the deadly collision between ...

The FAA basically decided the students were too white and the schools too elite, so in 2013 knocked them off the preferred hiring list,” claimed lawyer Michael Pearson.

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

There are simply not enough air traffic controllers to keep aircraft a safe distance from one another. The cause of the crash between an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, on final ...

A single controller was left to handle the air traffic of planes and helicopters flying over the airspace when two people ...

The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is ...

FAA and union officials would not address whether Southern California airport towers are fully staffed, but the shortage has ...

DC flight collision sheds light on air traffic controller shortage in US; Local aviators weigh in As the investigation into ...

As long as everybody's on the same page, that helps align with the safety of flight." Ronald Reagan National Airport has 25 fully certified air traffic controllers and three more in training.

There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about the causes of Wednesday's ...

The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.