FAA slashes hiring target, saying it can keep the skies safe with fewer air traffic controllers than it thought

The Federal Aviation Administration needs fewer air traffic controllers than earlier estimates to be fully staffed, the agency announced Friday.

Did Trump's FAA slash the staffing target for air traffic control?

"We just saw, quietly, a Friday news dump out of the Department of Transportation at the end of last week saying that they ...
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‘Playing with fire’: LaGuardia Airport collision renews concerns air traffic controllers are spread too thin

This week’s deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport has renewed concerns about how much is too much for one air traffic controller to handle. Controllers, already spread thin by decades of staffing ...
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FAA cuts target for air traffic control staffing

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was sharply reducing its target for air traffic control staffing as it vowed to modernize scheduling and increase the time employees spend managing ...