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France's transport minister asked civil aviation authorities Wednesday to look into a report of widespread absenteeism among the country's air traffic controllers.
Government air traffic controllers and the Obama administration have reached a tentative contract agreement that both sides said they hope will end years of severely strained relations.
Air traffic controllers who direct planes in and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have too little time off between shifts, a factor that contributes to fatigue and could be a safety threat, according to a federal audit released Thursday.
About a week and a half ago, the Federal Aviation Administration closed the air space over Raleigh-Durham International Airport and several other corridors above North Carolina. For about 28 minutes on the afternoon of June 19, all flights were halted over much of the eastern half of the state.
Guyana has banned nighttime flights because of a strike by air traffic controllers.
The Federal Aviation Administration is realigning the duties of air traffic controllers in some cities, a move that critics say will mean less training for the people responsible for the safety of the flying public.
The Federal Aviation Administration has mishandled a flood of retirements and resignations among experienced air traffic controllers just when more air travelers rely on them each year, House lawmakers were told Wednesday.
Experienced air traffic controllers are retiring faster this year than the government projected and their union said Wednesday the remaining veterans can no longer safely handle peak volumes in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California.
The U.S. Transportation Department will formally investigate the work conditions of Chicago-area air traffic controllers amid the increasing frequency of controller errors, the agency said Monday.
Another error by controllers at an air traffic center put planes too close to each other over central Illinois, but they were never in danger of colliding, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.
An error by air traffic controllers caused a military jet and a commuter plane to fly close to each other over northern Illinois, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, arguing that they were never in danger of colliding.
In an Oct. 22 story about a surge in air traffic controller retirements, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of controllers currently employed by the federal government. The total listed by the Federal Aviation Administration is 14,874, not 18,874.
Here are three air traffic control facilities where the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers says a high ratio of trainees to fully certified controllers has delayed on-the-job training and left trainees unable to help carry the workload.
Retirements of veteran air traffic controllers have surged beyond government expectations since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day last year, new data shows.
With a tilt of your wrists, the dragon you're riding dives toward the water below. With another movement of your hands, as if pulling back on imaginary reins, the scaly beast pulls out of the dive into level flight, flapping its wings.
FAA suspends 2 air traffic controllers over Hudson crashThe Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers over last week's collision of two aircraft over the Hudson River that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said.
Q. Me and my partner have been together 5 years and in that time I have lost all but a couple of my freinds. If my friends come around my partner is rude and arrogant and usually ignores them and goes into the room and watches TV.
Play World of Warcraft Using Xbox controllers; Maitland company releases software...Blue Orb is releasing a free downloadable software package today that allows video game players to use an Xbox 360 controller to play popular computer games. The product, which is known as "Switchblade," is available for download at www.xfire.com.
Trouble in the AirFlouting the dress code is just about the only way air traffic controllers can voice their intense disapproval of a new contract foisted on them by the Bush administration and the Republican Congress. They certainly can't strike.
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