FAA announces hiring effort at air traffic control academy

Trump layoffs hit key 'air traffic control for space' unit
The Trump administration this week fired employees who were building a system to manage satellite traffic in space, weakening a badly needed effort championed by the U.S. space industry and the president's first administration,
Despite DOGE layoffs, FAA announces hiring effort at air traffic control academy
The Trump administration announced an air traffic control 'hiring supercharge' at the FAA's academy, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced. Hiring started Thursday.
US Transport Chief Seeks to Boost Air Traffic Control Hiring
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Thursday the Trump administration will take steps to boost air traffic controller hiring after a series of recent safety incidents again raised questions about a persistent staffing shortage.
FAA Aims to Boost Hiring of Air-Traffic Controllers and Update Its Technology
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.
Trump plans to surge air traffic controller hiring following plane accidents
The Trump administration on Thursday launched an initiative to increase the number of air traffic controllers after several high-profile plane accidents. Transportation Secretary
'Our system is incredibly old:' Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on US air traffic control
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic Control Academy in OKC Thursday.
FAA Announces ‘Hiring Supercharge’ For Air Traffic Controllers—But Don’t Expect An Immediate Fix To The Shortage
The decades-long shortage of air traffic controllers in the U.S. won’t be solved anytime soon, even with a hiring blitz.
Trump administration announces more layoffs, some hires to federal workforce
The Trump administration is implementing more changes to the federal workforce that will directly impact services that many ...
Trump Administration Reverses Layoffs At These Federal Agencies—After Cutting Bird Flu, FDA Staff
Some employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the U.S.’ nuclear weapons, were reportedly summoned back to work after being laid off.
Federal Worker Layoff Survey: Share Your Story With Patch
It's no secret that Maryland has plenty of federal employees. The state had 158,000 federal workers as of 2023, but thousands ...
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Tracking federal layoffs 2025: Impacted agencies include IRS, FAA, TSA and more
About 400 recently hired support staff employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were fired over the weekend following Feb. 14 as part of the Trump administration's mass terminations ...
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Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Reportedly Are—As USAID Employees Booted From Offices
Federal Aviation Administration: About 400 FAA were terminated in mid-February—just weeks after the fatal collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people—with the layoffs including some ...
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Did Donald Trump fire FAA workers? See all the agencies hit by federal layoffs
About 400 recently hired support staff employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were fired over the weekend ...
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Budget cuts, layoff rumors and more create chaos for federal workers in Oklahoma
The effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to consolidate the federal government are being felt nationwide, including ...
Mass Layoffs at NOAA Spark Concerns Over Weather, Climate Research
T he Trump Administration has begun firing probationary employees at the federal agency tasked with overseeing weather ...
Why ‘Probationary’ Employees Are a Target in Federal Job Cuts
Many government workers being cut are those with fewer protections. They are relatively new in their current jobs, but often ...
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers
A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.
Federal employees rally against Trump administration layoffs
On Monday, groups of federal employees across the nation rallied against layoffs from President Donald Trump’s administration ...