But the situation was hardly an anomaly. Airports around the country have struggled with controller staffing levels for years, according to a CNN review of government data and interviews with ...

He said air traffic control staffing is a major issue around the country. He said training and background checks are rigorous for all who want to be controllers. NBC News' Lester Holt reports.Jan ...

Staffing was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic” at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near where an American Airlines (AAL) flight crashed with a military helicopter last ...

Blumenthal pressed Collins, if confirmed, to issue guidance allowing the VA to keep staffing up its medical center and its crisis hotline during the freeze. “This is going to be a first test of your ...