The ongoing government shutdown has left many Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees furloughed or working without ...
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma, said FAA training should stay in Oklahoma, despite "longing eyes" from Texas ...
New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher ...
The United States is facing a shortage of approximately 3,000 air traffic controllers as many trainees quit before completing their certification, contributing to travel delays at airports across the ...
In his first few days guiding aircraft at the Oakland, California, air traffic control center, trainee Ryan Higgins deleted a plane’s data from the radar screen. It was untrackable for a few frantic ...
The FAA has announced the next school to sign an agreement to become an Enhanced Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, ...
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The FAA also isn't well-positioned to determine how often airline pilots get a chance to manually fly planes and hasn't ensured that airline training programs adequately focus on manual flying, ...
The first phase of Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) is now live.
The FAA’s MOSAIC rule takes effect October 22, 2025 for sport-pilot changes and July 24 2026 for airworthiness changes, ...
In a previous version of this article, a photo caption incorrectly said that the FAA limited Newark Liberty International Airport to 28 takeoffs and landings over Memorial Day weekend. The airport was ...