As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to deal with staffing issues on a nearly daily basis, the agency says it has received 57,956 applications for this year's 1,500 open air ...

The FAA is recruiting workers who suffer "severe intellectual" disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative.(AP ...

FAA plans to hire 2,000 ATCs this year and to slowly grow that number for each of the next several years in an effort to fill its current shortfall of 3,000 staff.

Overall, the FAA employees about 45,000 people. Some of the employees impacted were part of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) en route charting group, which is responsible for maintaining ...

Former FAA administrator Mike Whitaker, who resigned in late January, said during his confirmation hearing in October 2023 that more competitive compensation was needed to address the shortage of ...

The FAA’s turn to Starlink as a solution for its aging communications network poses a challenge to a $2.4 billion contract awarded to Verizon in 2023 to upgrade the agency’s network.

The FAA signs agreement with Middle Georgia State University to become Georgia's first Enhanced AT-CTI school, aiming to accelerate air traffic controller hiring amid national shortage.

The FAA laid off 400 employees in February. Air traffic controllers and aviation safety inspectors were not included in the layoffs. The greatest impact of the layoffs for travelers is expected to ...

Federal regulators say all airline passengers must be able to evacuate a plane within 90 seconds. The FAA reauthorization bill would require the agency to reconsider its testing standards.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern that air traffic operations were resuming at airports across the United States, following an overnight outage of the ...

The FAA is reducing flight capacity at Newark Liberty International Airport to alleviate congestion. The interim order sets a maximum hourly rate of 28 arrivals and departures during runway ...

The FAA’s turn to Starlink as a solution for its aging communications network poses a challenge to a $2.4 billion contract awarded to Verizon in 2023 to upgrade the agency’s network.