America’s air traffic controllers are in short supply—those who qualify can make $137,000 annually, with no bachelor’s required

Expensive, grueling, and time-consuming training has exacerbated the shortage of controllers.

America’s air traffic controller shortage is even worse during the government shutdown—but job candidates can make $145,000 per year

Air traffic controllers, expected to work without pay during the government shutdown, aren’t showing up to airports. It’s ...
ABC30 Action News

FAA to hire 1,400 air traffic controllers

Looking for a high-paying job with great benefits? Today could be your lucky day.The Federal Aviation Administration needs to hire 1,400 entry-level air traffic controllers. According to the FAA, the ...
Yahoo

What air traffic controllers do -- and how you can become one

They are the unseen voices keeping America’s airspace from turning into a sky-high traffic jam. But what exactly do air traffic controllers do, and how do they get the job? With the FAA reducing ...
New Orleans City Business

Isolated flight delays may spread as air traffic controllers go without pay during shutdown

Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns that flight delays could multiply as increasingly stressed-out controllers call out ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Government shutdown continues to add to stress on air traffic controllers and disrupt flights

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights at times and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay.On Friday evening, airports in Phoenix, Houston and San ...

Air traffic controllers can skip FAA school by going to Sacramento City College

Sacramento City College joins a small group of U.S. schools that can fully prepare air traffic controllers for the workforce.