Elon Musk Wants SpaceX To Fix Air Traffic Control. Here’s Why It Won’t Work.
Satellite service Starlink doesn’t have the capabilities to be the FAA’s comms backbone. Trump officials may take a $2.4B ...
Air traffic safety systems relying on floppy disks, crude graphics from '90s
America’s air traffic control systems are outdated, understaffed, and underfunded, risking more deadly plane accidents in the ...
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FAA revs up air traffic controller hire drive as Musk pleads retirees to return
The FAA will ‘supercharge’ efforts to recruit more air traffic controllers as the US attempts to address a long-running ...
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Aging Air Traffic Control: 37% of Systems 'Unsustainable'
According to the testimony from Heather Krause, GAO's managing director, physical infrastructure, in 2023 FAA auditors ...
Despite DOGE layoffs, FAA announces hiring effort at air traffic control academy
The Trump administration announced an air traffic control 'hiring supercharge' at the FAA's academy, Transportation Secretary ...
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US transportation secretary announces plan to 'supercharge' air traffic controller hiring
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made a trip to OKC's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center to visit with staff and air ...
Musk’s SpaceX antennas installed at South Jersey FAA building where DOGE spurred federal worker firings
At the same time, Musk has been trying to obtain a $2 billion contract now held by Verizon to run the FAA’s communications ...
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Sky-High Stakes, Grounded Training: Catholic School Teaches Air Traffic Control
An air traffic controller (ATC ... After those five months, students are sent to towers or control centers where they continue to receive training through on-site experience under close supervision.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary announces plans to 'supercharge' air traffic controller training in OKC
If you’re a civilian who wants to become an air traffic controller, you can only get trained in one place: the Mike Moroney ...
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Aviation experts urge investments in air traffic control staffing, new technologies
"Our nation's air traffic control system is outdated," subcommittee ... controllers and others in the nation's airport towers and centers. Advertisement He said officials in the Trump ...