FAA, union agree on new rest rules for air-traffic controllers. By David Shepardson. July 24, 2024 3:39 PM UTC Updated July 24, 2024 A view of an air traffic control tower after ...

The FAA has limited the number of flights in New York and Florida because of a shortage of air traffic controllers. Whitaker said the FAA will hire 1,800 controllers this year and is expanding its ...

The ‘Control Tower Continuity Act,’ as proposed, would allow the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to exempt certain air traffic controllers from the mandatory retirement requirement at age 56, ...

The FAA has limited the number of flights in New York and Florida because of a shortage of air traffic controllers. Whitaker said the FAA will hire 1,800 controllers this year and is expanding its ...

"Healthy and skilled air traffic controllers should not be forced to retire at age 61," she said. "As the United States faces ...

Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is short roughly 3,000 air traffic controllers across the nation, according to the senator, who cited a media report, and the Secretary of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has about 14,000 air traffic controllers. More than 1,800 were hired last year, the largest number in nearly a decade, and the government is on track to hire ...

FAA, Union Agree on New Rest Rules for Air-Traffic Controllers By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it had struck a deal with an employee union ...

FAA, union agree on new rest rules for air-traffic controllers. David Shepardson. July 24, 2024 at 10:11 AM. Copied; By David Shepardson ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it had struck a deal with an employee union to ensure that air-traffic controllers receive additional rest as the agency deals ...