The panel had been tasked late last year by then-FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker to study ways to reduce conflicts of interest in the FAA’s oversight of air traffic control organization.

News; Congressional panel to debate NextGen air traffic control system at afternoon hearing. Published: ; Mar. 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON – A House panel voted Tuesday to move air-traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration to a non-profit corporation, a step the contentious proposal achieved last year, but ...

A 2015 NASA study of more than 3,200 air traffic controllers found two in 10 made significant on-the-job errors in the previous year, which most controllers blamed on fatigue.

A House panel approved legislation Tuesday that would split off management of the nation's skies from the Federal Aviation Administration and give that responsibility to an independent, nonprofit ...

The measure would place air traffic control outside the FAA. The ... Panel approves plan to spin off air traffic control by Keith Laing - 02/11/16 10:28 PM ET.

A House panel approved a controversial proposal on Tuesday to separate air traffic control from the federal government after a lengthy debate over the effort, which stalled on the House floor last ...

A House panel approved legislation Tuesday that would split off management of the nation’s skies from the Federal Aviation Administration and give that responsibility to an independent, nonprofit ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is taking a new step to address its overworked and chronically understaffed air traffic controller corps, CNN has learned.

The Republican-led committee approved the legislation by a vote of 32-25 with supporters saying it was critical to remove air traffic control from the vagaries of the government’s budget process.