WFLA News Channel 8

Air traffic control simulator gives students ‘immersive’ training in industry facing shortage

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Students in a building located at Bartow Executive Airport are using a $280,000 simulator, typically reserved for the military and a few other schools in the nation. The ...
CNN

CNN goes inside the academy preparing air traffic controllers to manage the high-stress and high-stakes skies

On a sprawling campus in the middle of the nation, thousands of students learn how to take command of the nation’s skies. The Federal Aviation Administration Academy, near the Oklahoma City airport, ...
WNYT NewsChannel 13

SUNY Schenectady to show off air traffic control simulator at open house

SUNY Schenectady is holding an open house on Wednesday for people who are interested in careers in air traffic control. The college is inviting prospective students to the campus from 5:30 p.m. to ...
NPR

Air traffic controllers say a push to modernize equipment won't fix deeper problems

When a midair collision and a series of radar outages captured attention in the United States this year, some air traffic controllers thought it might finally lead to solutions for a nationwide ...

Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Delta CEO Ed Bastian also revealed that, due to aging air traffic control systems, it actually takes longer today to fly from ...