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In the wake of Potomac air crash, a local aviation expert offers insight into the air traffic controller profession [column]
Shortages led to a controller uprising when the controller union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, went on strike in 1981. It was a strategic mistake — then-President ...
Los Angeles Daily News12d
Midair collision reignites national concerns over air traffic controller shortage
According to the FAA’s 2024-2033 Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, LAX has 39 certified professional controllers ... the International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets a mandate ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation11d
Former air traffic controller says Donald Trump's comments about the FAA's staffing policies were 'ill-informed'
Negotiations over pay and conditions fell through between the FAA and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, which represented 13,000 people. Two days later Mr Reagan fired 11,000 ...
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CAE joins effort to train air traffic controllers amid countrywide shortage
The process to become an air traffic professional is among the longest ... Air Transport Association called out air traffic control organizations in North America, including Nav Canada, for ...
Washington Times16d
Trump demonstrates what ‘peace through strength’ means
Early in Reagan’s first term, leaders of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called a strike. The 40th president held a press conference to warn them that this violated ...
The Nation15d
Trump’s Racist Rants Conceal the Right’s Air Safety Failures
Roberto Marquez from Dallas, Texas, sets up a makeshift memorial for the victims of the crash of an American Airlines flight and a Blackhawk helicopter in Arlington, Virginia. (Roberto Schmidt ...