Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve.

Key U.S. air traffic control centers are facing staffing shortages ... said their centers were understaffed. For example, Jacksonville Center’s overtime cost in fiscal year 2022 was 27% higher ...

Federal Aviation Administration issues with air traffic control have been ... affected the FAA’s Miami and Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Centers. During the issue, the FAA instituted ...

One air traffic controller went into work drunk this summer and joked about “making big money buzzed.” Another routinely smoked marijuana during ... air traffic control center in the ...

The Federal Aviation Authority's Jacksonville ... air traffic control facility so it can "quickly address the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency" at any affected center. "During ...

Another routinely smoked marijuana during breaks ... with recent mistakes by exhausted controllers. A controller at the air traffic control center in the Jacksonville, Fla., ...

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Critical U.S. air traffic control (ATC ... and is committed to getting to adequate staffing levels." Jacksonville Center overtime costs in 2022 exceeded prepandemic ...

Six air traffic controllers in the Washington air traffic control facility in Leesburg, Virginia and four air traffic controllers in the Jacksonville, Florida facility called out sick that Friday ...