Air traffic controllers have long faced a shortage. The 2025 government shutdown was hard on controllers, with some choosing ...

Air traffic controllers are the unseen guardians of the skies, ensuring that every aircraft moves safely and efficiently from take-off to landing. Whether guiding a single-engine Cessna or a fully ...

Air traffic controllers missed their first paychecks Tuesday amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. One controller, Zac Ploch, is speaking out. With 10 years of experience, Ploch has spent the ...

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to ...

Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, noted to NPR that staffing levels were “extremely low” already — with only 11,000 of around 14,6 ...

Updated October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM EDT Air traffic controllers will continue to work under strain as the government shutdown drags on, according to the head of the union that represents them. "What ...

Air traffic controller often shows up on lists of most stressful occupations, and recent events haven't made things any easier - the government shutdown, when air traffic controllers missed two full ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued three ground stops at major U.S. airports Thursday evening due to staffing shortages—and unpaid air traffic controllers have told Forbes the volume of ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...

"It’s getting more tense, more stressful,” one veteran flight controller—who has resorted to delivering food to pay his bills—tells PEOPLE Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on ...

Staffing shortages snarled flights at a slew of major airports on Friday. A surge in callouts among air traffic controllers "is straining staffing levels" at multiple airports across the U.S. -- ...