air traffic controllers

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2107 file photo, the air traffic control tower is in sight as a plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Aviation-safety officials say a close call last year highlights the need for faster reporting of dangerous incidents before evidence is lost. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a final report Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 on the July 2017 close call in which an Air Canada jet nearly crashed into planes lined up on the ground at San Francisco International Airport. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FAA calling on architects to come up with new air traffic control tower designs

The FAA is seeking new designs for control towers that are both functional and distinctive.

Facilities/Construction

NACTA

Air traffic controllers have managed to keep coronavirus at bay

Workforce

Is whacking bureaucrats really smart politics?

Federal Report

NATCA/Bill Carey

Another shutdown? FAA unions warn employees would leave or retire

Government Shutdown

In this photo taken Sept. 27, 2016, the Dulles International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower is seen from the door of a Boeing 777 aircraft in Sterling, Va. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) isn't prepared to handle major air traffic control outages despite promises to update contingency plans made after extended disruptions in 2014 and 2015, a government watchdog said Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Privatization ‘clearing the runway’ for air traffic control, but unions worry turbulence ahead for FAA employees

Management

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Furloughs, retirement backlogs, and more

Mike Causey

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Transition, sequestration, furloughs, and more

Mike Causey

Air Force turns over air traffic control to Iraqis

Federal Drive