The union representing the nation's air traffic controllers is directing its members to keep working during the U.S. government shutdown now stretching into its second week, with the labor group ...

The shutdown is dragging beyond two weeks, with one group of federal workers still clocking in without pay — air traffic controllers. As the government shutdown continues, air traffic controllers have ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said air traffic controllers who do not show up to work during the government shutdown will not get paid and could be fired from their ...

Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead of working without a paycheck during the federal government shutdown risk being fired, the U.S.

The US air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point by a decades-long staffing shortage. It’s causing problems not just for the air traffic controllers that remain but ...

The Hollywood Burbank Airport in California went without air traffic controllers for hours on Monday night amid the government shutdown. A staffing shortage meant there were no controllers on duty ...

The deadly air collision that killed 67 people in Washington, DC Wednesday night came amid an air traffic control staffing crisis and alarmingly high rates of near-misses on airport runaways. One air ...

The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said. By Karoun Demirjian The air traffic ...

Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 ...