NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live feed of the press conference in the player above as it begins. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is set to deliver remarks at Chicago's O'Hare International ...

WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks the first full missed paycheck day for air traffic controllers across the country as the government shutdown drags on. A shortage of air traffic controllers caused more ...

Hourslong waits in airports as air traffic controller shortages cause chaos Major delays are stacking up across the nation’s airports as TSA workers and air traffic controllers, forced to go without ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...

The longest government shutdown in US history shook travel plans across America earlier this month as a shortage of air traffic controllers resulted in thousands of delayed or canceled flights. But ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued three ground stops at major U.S. airports Thursday evening due to staffing shortages—and unpaid air traffic controllers have told Forbes the volume of ...

Retired controller cites low morale among air traffic control workforce Former air traffic controller Harvey Scolnick says most facilities have been short-staffed for years, and foresees airport ...

Air traffic controllers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep doing their jobs without getting a paycheck during the government shutdown. Some are starting to speak out. Air traffic ...

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy. New programs ...