Air traffic controllers now earn $160,000 on average and the job doesn't require a college degree. But the career comes with high stress.

For his part, Duffy said he and his staff worked to make sure that air traffic controllers and inspectors were not included in layoffs. "At the FAA, I think our force was reduced by 352 people, but we ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raymond Pendergraph, a 35-year-old E6 technical sergeant in the United States Air Force who's ... I realized the job I had wasn't going ...

Here’s a look at what it takes to become an air traffic controller, which the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) calls “a tough job ... former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called ...

The Trump Administration has a plan to increase air traffic control staffing: faster hiring and more money. Transportation Secretary ... an extremely high-stress job. The over 14,000 workers ...

Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday his plan to "supercharge" the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s air traffic controllers after numerous fatal plane ...

Trump, alongside the cost-cutting team of Elon Musk's DOGE and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, is making a new effort to boost the hiring of air traffic ... that every job at the FAA right ...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Dozens of federal employees rallied outside Robins Air Force Base on Thursday to protest planned job cuts that could eliminate hundreds of positions. The protest ...

The deep cuts across federal agencies since Donald Trump’s return to the White House include reductions in force, which mean not only layoffs but also elimination of positions altogether.

Unsurprisingly, reports emerged in 2023 that controllers were falling asleep on the job or showing up to work drunk. The post only illustrates how uninformed Musk is about the FAA. If air ...

Transportation Secretary ... qualified conditionally just to enter the job, and there are multiple points where they can fail out of being an air traffic controller. Everything from Academy ...