Government Executive

How the shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

The shutdown is deepening the FAA’s long-standing controller shortage, straining an already overextended workforce and ...

Flight delays could force parties to the shutdown bargaining table

The delays don’t represent an organized work stoppage — as the controllers’ union adamantly made clear. But aviation gridlock has played a role in hastening the end of at least one past federal ...
Tennessean

Nashville airport's FAA air traffic control tower faces alarming shortages, safety risks

A nationwide shortage of air-traffic controllers is straining operations at Nashville International Airport. The airport's control tower is understaffed and uses aging technology, increasing ...
NPR

Several countries have privatized air traffic control. Should the U.S.?

In 2017, during his first term in office, President Trump announced his intention to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system, calling it "stuck, painfully, in the past." The proposal never ...
New York Post

Pete Buttigieg’s DOT spent $80 billion on DEI grants, delayed air traffic control upgrades: records, industry insiders

WASHINGTON — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg failed to replace outdated air traffic control systems while in office — with his agency instead shelling out tens of billions of ...