controller staffing

ATIS Oct 17, 2026

The FAA Air Traffic Controller Pay Deal and What the Staffing Crisis Behind It Means for Every Pilot Flying Today

The FAA and NATCA reached a 2.8% pay deal with new work requirements, but a 3,000-controller staffing gap remains the deeper threat to system capacity.

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ATIS Sep 16, 2026

FAA Administrator Bedford, the ATC Modernization Delays, and the Controller Pay Fight That Could Define the System's Future

FAA Administrator Bedford testified before Congress on ATC modernization delays while declining to commit to a legislated 3.8% controller raise - here's what pilots need to know.

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ATIS Aug 10, 2026

The FAA Controller Staffing Surge, the Oklahoma City Academy Bottleneck, and Why the Person Watching Your Airspace Is the Story Nobody Puts on the Sectional

The FAA is short roughly 3,000 controllers, but a rebuilt training pipeline is finally widening - here's what it means for how you fly.

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