Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau has announced a goal of hiring 2,000 more air traffic controllers around the United States of America.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 110

Aerotime

DECEMBER 31, 2024

On December 27, 2024, at around 16:30 local time, air traffic controllers instructed the chartered Embraer E135 jet, operated by Key Lime Air, to stop before crossing runway 24L at LAX, because Delta flight 471 was taking off from that runway at the time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Without qualified and competent air traffic controllers on the ground, managing the increasingly crowded skies, and keeping aircraft apart, safety could be compromised with a resulting potential for catastrophe and the loss of life, both in the air and on the ground.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On August 28, 2023, around 300,000 travelers faced swathes of cancellations when the air traffic control system that keeps the UK’s skies safe suffered a fault.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

As an aviation geek,I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job coveringnoteworthy air traffic control interactions. However, there seems to be a super friendly female controller at New York Center.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As part of the industrial action, air traffic controllers walked out at 06:45 (local time) this morning, and joined thousands of other workers unhappy with the new federal governments plans to reform pensions and introduce new policies. AM to 10.15PM on 13/02.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Airline Airlines 274

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

NTSB has been provided updated information that shows the air traffic control tower display at DCA is fed by the Potomac TRACON. The TRACON fuses information from multiple radar sensors and ADS-B data, providing the best quality flight track data to air traffic control.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 23, 2025

The new United States Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is moving forward with a clear priority of modernizing the United States air traffic control system.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Airline Airlines 110

Simple Flying

MARCH 1, 2025

United States Department of Transportation announced a proposal Thursday to increase recruitment efforts and speed up the hiring process in an effort to solve the persistent lack of air traffic controllers.

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Air Traffic Control 105

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Air traffic controllers are responsible for giving pilots clearances within controlled airspace. Controllers and pilots train for years to learn the common language of aviation: clearances. Let's talk about five clearances and what they mean.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Manchester Airport (MAN) located in the north of England, and Britains third busiest airport in terms of passenger throughput, is to be the UKs first major international airport to adopt a hybrid digital control tower as part of a project announced by the UKs National Air Traffic Control Service, or NATS.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, about five minutes before landing, radio contact was lost with the pilots, although the transponder continued to work normally which transmitted the aircraft’s height and position information to the air traffic controllers at Guarulhos Airport.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

About 10 minutes before reaching Nome, the aircraft lost radio contact with air traffic control. Before losing contact, the pilot informed Anchorage Air Traffic Control that he planned to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared, as reported by the fire department.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would set aside $15 billion for the FAA to modernize air traffic control (ATC) systems. The post FAA Could Get $15B to Update Air Traffic Control Systems appeared first on FLYING Magazine. A budget reconciliation proposal put forward by the U.S.

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Aerotime

APRIL 25, 2025

A Munich-bound Lufthansa Airbus A380 was diverted to Boston after departing Los Angeles Airport (LAX), due to an electronic tablet jammed in a business class seat.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 293

Aerotime

JANUARY 12, 2025

“The investigation involves analyzing various sources of information, including air traffic control records, video footage of the crash and debris from the site,” South Korean authorities said according to Yonhap.

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AV Web

APRIL 3, 2025

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new measures to support air traffic controllers at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA). The post FAA Announces New Measures To Support Air Traffic Controllers At Reagan National appeared first on AVweb.

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Air Traffic Control 57

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people vanished from air traffic control radars less than an hour into its six-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It is believed that all passengers and crew members lost their lives.

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Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

However, as the flight approached Troms, air traffic control reported winds at the arrival airport had reached speeds of up to 48 knots (88 km/h) which were outside of those permitted for crews to land in by the operating airline.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

link] pic.twitter.com/yH6fO1zlf4 — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 14, 2025 Air traffic control based at Phoenix Sky Harbor issued corrective instructions to both flight crews. Another win for TCAS with a close call in Phoenix between a United 737 and Delta A330 over the weekend.

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Approach Runway Jet Air Traffic Control 299

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

However, the crew stopped the climb at 6,000ft (1,829m) around four minutes after take-off and reported to air traffic controllers that the aircraft had struck a flock of birds on departure. The aircraft took off from runway 24 at Schiphol around 10:09 local time.

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Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Amid an ongoing air traffic controller (ATC) shortage in the US, a new report uncovered staffing numbers at an overwhelming majority of facilities are below the recommendations determined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).

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Air Traffic Control 131

Simple Flying

APRIL 2, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated on its efforts to quickly hire air traffic controllers (ATC) in the United States, with the current Acting Administrator detailing that out of around 10,000 applicants, between 7,500 and more than 8,300 were referred to testing to proceed with the hiring process.

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Air Traffic Control 133

Aerotime

APRIL 11, 2025

NTSB The ADS-B is an advanced surveillance technology that provides an aircrafts location to air traffic control and other aircraft pilots. A US Army Black Hawk helicopter did not have ADS-B operating when it collided with an American Eagle Bombardier CRJ700 in Washington DC.

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Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

On February 25, 2025, he stated that the Verizon system is not working and so is putting air travelers at serious risk. A few days later, he added that the Verizon communication system to air traffic control is breaking down very rapidly.

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Air Traffic Control 278

Aerotime

APRIL 13, 2025

While it is still not known with absolute certainty what caused this tragic accident, the flight pattern moments before the crash, with the aircraft flying in circles near Boca Raton Airport appears to indicate some issue with flight controls.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Its aviation division, called Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, develops and manufactures a broad range of systems used in civilian and military aircraft, at airports and across several other areas of the industry, such as air traffic control and safety.

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Air Traffic Control 291

Simple Flying

APRIL 15, 2025

Earlier this year, JALOPNIK reported that the Federal Aviation Administration received over 10,000 applications for the air traffic controller role. Air traffic controller trainees are now receiving an additional five dollars per hour.

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Air Traffic Control 104

Aerotime

APRIL 22, 2025

NOTAM modernization is the first step as we work to deliver an all-new air traffic control system that makes air travel safer and more efficient. The Notice to Airmen system is deeply outdated and showing serious cracks, said US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy has suggested at her latest briefing that the Black Hawk helicopter crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers (ATC) before the crash with an American Eagle flight.

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AV Web

APRIL 17, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy raised the possibility of extending the mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers, citing concerns over ongoing staffing shortages. “We have too many controllers that retire after 25 years of service. ” he said.

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Air Traffic Control 116

Aerotime

JANUARY 21, 2025

At this point, some one hour and 15 minutes after departure and with the aircraft cruising at 37,000ft, the crew reported to air traffic controllers that they were experiencing a minor fuel indication issue.

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Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

The Talon with registration 67-14833 had taken off and later returned to Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. The Delta flight continued its journey and landed safely in Minneapolis.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airline 252

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Ultimately air traffic controllers need to maintain their composure.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

As an aviation geek,I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job coveringnoteworthy air traffic control interactions. Air traffic controller: Because I gave you STRAT at 3,000. Air traffic controller: Its okay.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 117

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The world's first air traffic control tower was built at Croydon Airport in London more than 100 years ago. Since then, air traffic control has become a vital part of aviation, and towers have been placed at airports worldwide.

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Air Traffic Control 116

Simple Flying

APRIL 17, 2025

Sean Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation of the United States, has questioned why so many air traffic controllers (ATC) retire after 25 years of service, possibly alluding to changes to the mandatory retirement age of ATCs to protect the national security of the US.

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Air Traffic Control 111