The FAA in 2013 raised the minimum requirements for the certificate to 1,500 hours from 250. Most pilots, like Andrews, work as flight instructors to obtain more hours. He has earned 530 out of ...

Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team DOGE will make additional visits to Federal Aviation Administration facilities as they assist in efforts to modernize U.S. national airspace ...

According to recent findings by the National Airspace System Safety Review Team that FAA formed after 10 safety incidents occurred in late 2022 and early 2023, the staffing reductions occurred ...

Staffing shortages, at both US airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control operations, took a bad situation and made it worse. CNN values your feedback 1.

In “Tech Woes Hobble Crucial FAA System” (Page One, Feb. 15), Andrew Tangel and Micah Maidenberg zero in on the tech troubles that caused the January outage, but the remedy requires far more ...

A4A has asked the FAA to share its air traffic controller staffing plan for the July 4th holiday weekend. It also wants to ensure adequate staffing is available at key FAA facilities, such as the ...

Since last Monday, the FAA has cited staffing as the cause of delays, but has not commented officially on the nature of the staffing problems at Newark Airport. Here’s more on what we know about ...

The FAA announced safety notices for airports, and is looking into sleep science and redesigning runways to help fatigued air traffic controllers. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

According to the FAA's "Transportation Operations staffing model" about 800 more technicians are needed. Meanwhile the average age of the current specialist workforce is in its mid-50s with 34% 55 ...

Since last Monday, the FAA has cited staffing as the cause of delays, but has not commented officially on the nature of the staffing problems at Newark Airport. Here’s more on what we know about ...

Since last Monday, the FAA has cited staffing as the cause of delays, but has not commented officially on the nature of the staffing problems at Newark Airport. Here’s more on what we know about ...