'NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE' | GRR air traffic controller recalls clearing the skies on 9/11

Duane Eidenier and his fellow air traffic controllers at Gerald R. Ford Airport were thrust into unprecedented circumstances ...

FAA hired 2,000 air traffic controllers through gamer campaign

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the FAA hired more than 2,000 air traffic controllers after a recruitment push aimed in part at video gamers.

Cleveland air traffic controller remembers tracking United 93 on 9/11

A retired Cleveland air traffic controller recalls tracking hijacked United Flight 93 and the chaos inside Cleveland Center ...

Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: "Pretty incredible"

An air traffic controller's quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation when two jets, one landing in Phoenix and the other simultaneously taking off, shared the same flight number and radio ...

Norway’s Air Traffic Controllers End Strike After Reaching Deal

Norway’s air traffic controllers reached a deal with their employers in talks on Monday, ending a strike that crippled the country’s air travel over the weekend.

Illinois senators blast FAA administrator for holding air traffic controller raises "hostage"

The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside​ $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% ...
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Those Air Traffic Controller Bonuses Now Face Bipartisan Criticism

The Transportation Department is drawing bipartisan criticism for rewarding $10,000 bonuses to a small number of air traffic controllers and technicians while ignoring the vast majority of the ...
New York Post

Exhausted, unpaid air traffic controllers warn as government shutdown puts plane passengers at risk

This situation can’t fly. The safety of every American plane passenger is being imperiled as the government shutdown drags into its second week, irate air traffic controllers say. More than 14,000 ...
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Air Traffic Controllers Who Call In Sick During The Shutdown Won’t Be Paid, Duffy Warns—But Will Intimidation Backfire?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox Business viewers Thursday that air traffic controllers who call in sick during the shutdown will not be paid and could be fired—intimidating rhetoric ...
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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 ...