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US air safety at risk with traffic controllers as 'pawns' in shutdown, official says

More than 13,000 U.S. air traffic controllers face rising stress and financial insecurity after Tuesday's disbursement of what will be their last paycheck during the government shutdown, posing poten...

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How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

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Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

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Air traffic controllers begin work without pay, workers union and passengers chime in

Air traffic controllers began working without pay across America on Tuesday, as the federal government shutdown stretched on and added uncertainty for thousands of families.

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Unpaid air traffic controllers say government shutdown endangers flyers

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Is it safe to fly during the government shutdown? Experts weigh in.

Washington Examiner

Spirit Airlines plane’s close encounter with Air Force One alarms air traffic controller

A Spirit Airlines flight was reprimanded on Tuesday as air traffic controllers ordered it to turn away from Air Force One, which was carrying President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. The incident happened over Long Island, New York, as the ...

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Ryanair Pilots Reportedly Send Distress Call After Losing Contact with Air Traffic Control During Approach

Crews on a Ryanair flight from Valencia to London issued a distress code during its approach on Sept. 22. The plane issued a squawk 7600, which signals a lose of radio communications.

NPR

Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hailee Williamson calmly directs a virtual airplane to land on a runway that looks exactly like one at the airport in Oklahoma City where the Federal Aviation Administration trains future air traffic controllers. But Williamson, 20 ...

Forbes

Why The U.S. Should Copy Canada To Fix Its Broken Air Traffic Control System

The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we could adopt its privatized air traffic control system. Last month, to rally support for a massive infusion of funding to fix the troubled U.S. air ...

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A Single Air Controller Oversaw Helicopters, Planes During Fatal DC Crash

(Bloomberg) -- An air traffic controller should have warned an American Airlines Group Inc. jet that there was a US Army Black Hawk in the vicinity before the two craft collided midair near Washington in January, a Federal Aviation Administration official ...

Yahoo

2 United Planes Collide on San Francisco Runway In Area Outside of Air Traffic Control's Reach

Two United Airlines planes collided on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Monday night, the airline and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have confirmed. According to the FAA, which is investigating the event, “United Airlines ...