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The filing said that an air-traffic controller didn’t comply with a federal order to tell aircraft on converging courses to separate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The FAA ordered a temporary reduction in flights, initially 4% and aiming for 10% fewer by week’s end, due to air-traffic controller shortages, potentially costing the U.S. economy $285 million to $580 million daily.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
It takes three to five years of experience for an air-traffic controller to work in high-density areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
During three days in early July, kites disrupted 21 flights at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the one near the paddy field, according to air-traffic controller AirNav Indonesia.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
He would greet visitors, ask them to sign the guest book, and then direct them, like he was an air-traffic controller and they were taxiing airplanes, to the Serenity Suite.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
