The FAA is about 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels and has about 10% fewer controllers than it did in 2012.

The U.S. has a severe shortage of air traffic controllers. There are currently 10,800 certified controllers but the country needs to have more than 14,000.

A Federal Aviation Administration employee working at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, D.C., was recently charged over a workplace altercation, authorities said.

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced new air traffic control safety technology will be implemented at Salt Lake City International Airport, Ogden-Hinckley Airport and Provo Municipal Airport as part of its Surface Safety Portfolio initiatives.

Concerns around air traffic control staffing arose when it was revealed that the number of controllers on duty was "not normal" for the time and volume at Reagan Washington National Airport, according to a Federal Aviation Administration safety report.

A man has been charged with assault and battery following a fight in the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

An air traffic controller positioned at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., was arrested Thursday night following an incident inside the control tower. Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro,

Our Air Traffic Control system is dangerously outdated and must rapidly modernize to avoid horrific disasters.