The FAA hit its hiring target of 2,000 controllers in 2025 by streamlining the hiring process, awarding cash bonuses and adding new schools to air traffic collegiate training initiative (AT-CTI) and Enhanced AT-CTI programs. On Friday, it said there are almost 11,000 controllers in service and another 4,000 in the training pipeline.

The Modern Skies Coalition demonstrates how labor, manufacturers, airlines, and airports came together in a strategic campaign to achieve a national imperative.

The recent government shutdown disrupted U.S. air traffic control (ATC) and frustrated millions of passengers, leading to delays and cancellations. Our ATC system is run as a bureaucracy within the Federal Aviation Administration, so it gets caught in the ...

Like the president’s FY27 budget request, the spending bill allocated $4 billion toward facility and equipment upgrades. About $280 million went to the FAA’s Contract Tower Program, enough to fund its 266 towers and expand it to other airports. Another $6 million will support conversions of busy contract towers to FAA-staffed facilities.