FAA looks to gamers as 'next generation of air traffic controllers'

The annual air traffic control hiring window opens on Friday, April 17. Here's what the FAA is looking for.

U.S. faces an air traffic controller shortage. It's turning to gamers for help.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pointed out that gamers "have many of the hard skills it takes to be a successful controller." ...

Duffy on AI replacing air traffic controllers: "That's not gonna happen"

"Am I gonna replace a controller and have AI manage the airspace? The answer to that is hell no, that's not gonna happen," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CBS News.

FAA chief predicts fewer air traffic control delays this summer

The head of the FAA says there should be fewer flight delays and cancellations this summer, a result of the agency chipping ...
Forbes

Air Traffic Controller Sick Calls Are Ramping Up—Expect Flight Delays To Climb

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued three ground stops at major U.S. airports Thursday evening due to staffing shortages—and unpaid air traffic controllers have told Forbes the volume of ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy backs AI tools for air traffic control

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is pushing to bring artificial intelligence into America’s air traffic control system, ...
AOL

Air traffic controllers have become reluctant bargaining chips in the government shutdown. They just want to get paid.

Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck of the government shutdown.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Pete LeFevre is worried about how his coworkers will get by if they ...
WSMV

‘Like a time bomb’: Internal memo, former controller raise alarms about BNA Air Traffic Control staffing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A former air traffic controller for Nashville International Airport’s air traffic control tower is raising alarms about dangerous staffing shortages in the tower as passenger ...