CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air ...

Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy vows to modernize America’s air-traffic control system — and not a moment too soon. Especially for Newark Liberty International Airport. Last week, a burnt ...

CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air traffic control system.

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

The Federal Aviation Administration has about 14,000 air traffic controllers. More than 1,800 were hired last year, the largest number in nearly a decade, and the government is on track to hire ...

At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...

The plan proposes creating six new air traffic control centers, a significant number since one hasn't been built since the 1960s. Duffy said the goal would be to consolidate hard-to-staff ...

The median salary for an air traffic control specialist is $127,805, according to the FAA. The rigorous hiring process including the passing of a test, medical and security background check and ...

Graves advocated for $12.5 billion in air traffic control modernization as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The money would fund new towers, radar systems and facilities, as well as hiring ...