With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work.

Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns that flight delays could multiply as increasingly stressed-out controllers call out ...

An air traffic controller from Garden City was killed in action serving with the Ukraine Special Forces in the Ukraine-Russia ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined local and national leadership of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday, calling for controllers’ pay to ...

Air traffic controllers across the US received their first zeroed-out paycheck Tuesday because of the protracted government shutdown — and staffing shortages are causing airport delays to pile up ...

A mix of staffing shortages at air traffic control centers and thunderstorms on the East Coast sparked chaos for travel across the U.S. on Thursday. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic ...

President Trump’s call to reward air traffic controllers with perfect attendance during the shutdown has sowed division among ...

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 ...

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities around the country were again causing delays at airports on Friday as the government shutdown neared the one-month mark. Justice ...

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pressed lawmakers to reopen the government late Friday as major airports across the U.S. experience flight delays and cancellations due staffing shortages ...