On a summer day in 2018, ground crew worker Richard Russell stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle Airport, spoke calmly ...

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and ...

AROUND THE COUNTRY. THOSE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS NOT GETTING PAID AS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ENTERS ITS SECOND WEEK. SAME GOES FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, WHICH IS STARTING TO DISRUPT AIR TRAVEL. 12 ...

Absences among air traffic controller could "really matter," one expert says. The government shutdown has shown little sign of resolution as many lawmakers exchange barbs and dig into their positions.

The government shutdown has shown little sign of resolution as many lawmakers exchange barbs and dig into their positions. But some quiet absences among air traffic controllers and the resulting ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says he’s open to passing legislation during the government shutdown to ensure members of the military don’t miss their next paycheck on Oct. 15 and to keep critical ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on ...

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to fire air traffic controllers who are calling in sick while working without pay during the government shutdown. In an interview with Fox Business ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is again reporting short staffing at air traffic control operations as the government shutdown continues in its eighth day. On Wednesday evening, six major air ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --As the U.S. government shutdown drags into its second week, the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to delay flights into and out of three U.S. airports Monday due to air traffic ...