According to the FAA, it is highly competitive to become an air traffic controller, as candidates must be under 31 years old ...

Control system technologies are continually evolving, providing designers and facility owners with an ever-increasing array of options. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and distributed control ...

Some experts say there is a solution that could change the dynamic in relatively short order — either privatize air traffic control, or set up a separate government corporation that can run the system ...

We still don’t know how many mistakes led to the collision of a helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet making its descent at Reagan National Airport last week. But one thing has been clear ...

Even if the federal government reopens soon, the country’s air traffic control system will take time to return to normal.

The government shutdown is taking a growing toll on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. Staffing shortages ...