Air traffic control (ATC) has long been one of the most demanding jobs in commercial aviation, and, in 2026, it remains one of the best-compensated as well. The headline salary figures only tell part ...

Air traffic control towers have been in the headlines this year, likely more than anyone (both in the industry and travelers alike) would have wanted them to be. A tragic accident in understaffed air ...

Air traffic controllers handed out leaflets at airports in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., to urge the public to push Congress to end the shutdown. Controllers on Tuesday received their first ...

Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing ...

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An air traffic controller reveals how she handled a mayday call, how AI is changing her job and why she hates the clocks ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. Subscribe to read this story ...

President Donald Trump on Monday offered bonuses for unpaid air traffic controllers who did not miss work during the shutdown, but also suggested those who took time off should leave the profession ...

You get paid a salary during training.