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Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at the Newark airport that includes ...
Air traffic controllers’ union throws wrench in Sean Duffy’s bid to boost hiring: sources
Duffy is offering cash bonuses of up to 20% of annual salaries for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers eligible to retire but beneath the mandatory retirement age of 56 ...
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Carrots, death rays and passing ships. This is the origin story of the word radar
The nation's aviation infrastructure is again under scrutiny, following a series of paralyzing communications and radar ...
Plan to upgrade nation’s air traffic control system gets key endorsement
Federal transportation officials are promising to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the nation’s air traffic control system.
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Officials plan to revamp the US air traffic control system. Here's a breakdown by the numbers
6 new control centersThe plan proposes creating six new air traffic ... the lines carrying radar data from a facility in New York to the air traffic controllers in Philadelphia. The FAA is already ...
The FAA, DOT just dropped a plan to fix your flight delays
In a sweeping plan to fix what officials call "decades of neglect," the FAA and DOT are launching a nationwide air traffic ...
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Republican chair unveils $15B plan to modernize air traffic control
The funds would go to the Federal Aviation Administration ... Secretary Sean Duffy implemented plans to streamline the air traffic control hiring practices and create a “supercharge” in ...
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The FAA wants to hire more air traffic controllers, but that won’t happen overnight
Now, at five schools, including Embry-Riddle, students can be hired by the FAA immediately after graduation, McCormick said. The Trump administration has added more air traffic control programs to ...
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FAA Could Get $15B to Update Air Traffic Control Systems
A budget reconciliation proposal put forward by the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would set aside $15 billion for the FAA to modernize air traffic control (ATC ...