Air traffic controllers play a crucial role in the global aviation system. Whether they are directing aircraft on the ground at a busy airport or giving clearances to planes flying at cruising ...

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there are more than 14,000 FAA air traffic control specialists who help guide pilots, their planes, and 2.7 million passengers from taxi to ...

An air traffic controller was charged with assault and battery after an “incident” at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday night, the Metropolitan Washington Airports ...

The employee was put on administrative leave amid the investigation. A fight in the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport, or DCA, in the Washington, D.C., area led to an employee ...

One stunning number from the Federal Aviation Administration. There were more than 15,000 close proximity events between *** helicopter and *** commercial airliner near Reagan National Airport, or ...

Air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport will be offered crisis counseling and additional supervision after a fight in the tower and another alarming near miss two ...