Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing ...

WASHINGTON — With the federal government open for business again, air traffic controllers can finally get paid for all the work they performed during the 43 days of the shutdown. Transportation ...

The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...

DENVER ‒ They sit inside darkened facilities or lofty towers, surrounded by aging computers, speaking in clipped and cryptic phrases. And the slips of paper they pass between each other represent the ...

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work. Air ...

Air traffic controllers faced either President Donald Trump‘s wrath or gratitude on Monday, depending on their actions during the government shutdown. Trump said any air traffic controllers who have ...

Scott Turner used to jump out of airplanes. A skydiver in his youth, Turner cultivated a passion for air travel early. These days, he's got his feet firmly planted in San Angelo, where he helped start ...

The longest government shutdown in US history shook travel plans across America earlier this month as a shortage of air traffic controllers resulted in thousands of delayed or canceled flights. While ...

President Donald Trump and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg have sparred over the condition of the air traffic control system, which is complex and carries a history of planned ...