But the next day, President Donald Trump deepened the FAA’s problems by blaming the disaster on diversity programs, a pronouncement that baffled many in the agency’s workforce. At least one ...

The Trump administration began firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, just weeks after a deadly crash outside of Washington, D.C., put a spotlight on ...

Aviation safety labor unions are pushing back after a number of probationary FAA employees and air traffic controllers (ATCs) were among federal workers losing their jobs due to efforts to ...

A union that represents FAA workers says 132 workers have been let go. The Trump administration's mass layoffs across federal agencies have hit the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has ...

The White House, the FAA, and the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The White House's move to reduce the FAA workforce comes after a military ...

Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau said the DOGE team -- which visited the Air Traffic Control command center and Potomac TRACON in Warrenton, Virginia, on Monday -- will be at other FAA ...

Billy Nolen, a former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, said Monday that now is the time for air traffic control upgrades. “[One of the things] I’ve testified both ...

The nation’s top aviation regulator was thrust back into the spotlight this weekend as the Trump Administration fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, just weeks ...

Former and current FAA officials, however, say the purge could certainly affect air safety going forward. According to the Associated Press, the mass firings included “personnel hired for FAA ...

It was the second straight explosion of a SpaceX test launch. Sign up here. The FAA on Thursday issued ground stops that lasted for just over an hour for aircraft departing for four Florida ...

Like others across the federal workforce, the terminated FAA employees were probationary workers hired or promoted within the past year. The terminated FAA employees included workers who assist ...