FAA Orders Stricter Air Traffic Control Over Routes Where Planes And Helicopters Intersect

The FAA had already restricted the use of visual separation at the Reagan National Airport after the Potomac crash.

Flights delayed at BWI, DC airports due to "strong chemical smell" at air traffic control center

Three major airports in the Baltimore, DC region, including Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), went under a ground stop Friday afternoon, affecting hundreds of flights ...
NBC Los Angeles

Air traffic control staffing shortage reported at Hollywood Burbank Airport

Air traffic controller staffing shortages were reported Monday afternoon at Hollywood Burbank Airport. As of 4:15 p.m., the airport in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was expecting to be ...
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 ...

Ground stop lifted at major DC-area airports after chemical odor disrupts air traffic control

Ground stop lifted at DC-area airports after chemical odor disrupted air traffic control operations. DCA, Dulles, BWI resume with ground delays.
New York Post

Exhausted, unpaid air traffic controllers warn as government shutdown puts plane passengers at risk

This situation can’t fly. The safety of every American plane passenger is being imperiled as the government shutdown drags into its second week, irate air traffic controllers say. More than ...

Air traffic control’s last-second instructions to avert mid-air crash

Air traffic control audio captures last-second call that averted mid-air Alaska Airline and FedEx crash - ...
WESH

Get the Facts: Air traffic control staffing shortfalls existed prior to government shutdown

As the federal government entered the second week of a shutdown, staffing shortages among air traffic controllers began impacting travel.But even before the shutdown began on Oct. 1, a shortage ...

FAA requires air traffic controllers to use radar to track helicopters nearby

Helicopter pilots had been relying on their eyesight to avoid other aircraft.
Pakistan Today

Pakistan air traffic control prevents mid-air crisis

Pakistan's air traffic control successfully prevented a potential mid-air crisis, averting what could have been a ...
Newsworthy Women on MSN

Karen Burgamy shares her journey in air traffic control systems management

Karen Burgamy oversees equipment systems at the Dallas-Fort Worth Air Traffic Control Center. Starting as a secretary, she discovered new career paths in tech and now encourages other women to explore ...