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The US needs more air traffic controllers. These graduating students just got fast-tracked to enter the job market quicker
The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as ...
Feds vow to overhaul US air traffic control system while fixing problems at troubled Newark airport
A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, and several crashes since, have ...
Newark airport air traffic controller offers damning assessment: ‘It is not safe. Don’t fly into Newark’
The airport, which served 49 million travelers in 2024 and is the second busiest in the New York City area, has been drowning ...
Newark air traffic control lost contact with pilots at least twice before, source says
The claims, which the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t confirmed, emerged a week after Newark airspace controllers lost ...
Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the ...
Newark, Atlanta airports experience more terrifying air traffic control outages, bringing flights to a standstill
Nearly 80 flights have been cancelled and more than 40 delayed at Newark Liberty International Airport after yet another an ...
An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says
“I equate a good, A-level, traffic controller that can handle a place like Newark, JFK, LAX, San Francisco, to a three ...
Air traffic controllers lose radar access again at Newark airport
On Wednesday, Newark led the nation with 42 canceled departures and 46 canceled arrivals, according to FlightAware.com.