Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new air traffic controller hiring campaign from the Department of Transportation (DOT) is targeting gamers to address a longtime ...

(Bloomberg) -- The deadly collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport of an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck on March 22 is raising fresh concerns about strains on the air traffic control ...

The agency is reducing staffing requirements by more than 2,000 positions. Will new streamlined work schedules straighten up and fly right? The Federal Aviation Administration is curtailing the number ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was sharply reducing its target for air traffic control staffing as it vowed to modernize scheduling and increase the time employees spend managing ...

Parents have long worried that video gaming corrupts their kids’ brains. Now the U.S. government is proclaiming that all is not lost, and that in fact a lucrative career path awaits as an air traffic ...

WASHINGTON — The FAA is seeking out gamers to become air-traffic controllers. A video released by the federal Department of Transportation on Friday targeted the video-game enthusiasts as part of the ...

This week’s deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport has renewed concerns about how much is too much for one air traffic controller to handle. Controllers, already spread thin by decades of staffing ...

UMass research assistant and engineering professor Cole Fitzpatrick demonstrates an air traffic control simulator at the university's transportation center in Chicopee. This is a web edition of GBH ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is curtailing the number of air traffic controllers it believes it needs to fully staff 300 airports and flight facilities nationwide. In a report released Friday, ...