SEVERE SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, WITH NEARLY HALF OF THE NATION’S AIR CONTROL TOWERS UNDERSTAFFED. NOW, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY IS STEPPING IN WITH A PROGRAM THEY HOPE CAN HELP EASE THE ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A new program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University allows students to graduate as fully certified air traffic controllers. The FAA has partnered with the university to help ...

YOU LIVE. GUYS, BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. SUMMER. THANK YOU. AND OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW WITH THE STRESS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THAT THEY’RE UNDER. WESH 2’S PAMELA COMME IS JOINING US LIVE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAYTONA BEACH – Air-traffic controllers guide airplane pilots through safe takeoffs and landings in the United States involving ...

Mike McCormick is now teaching the future of air traffic controllers at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, but 23 years ago, he was leading a team of 500 controllers during the hijackings on Sept.

Mike McCormick, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, recounts Sept. 11, 2001, when he headed air-traffic control operations at New York Center. 27,473 people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 11, 2001, Mike McCormick was among the first people not aboard American Airlines Flight 11 to learn that it had been ...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University gained FAA approval for its Enhanced Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program. This program allows eligible graduates to bypass the FAA ...

On Sept. 11, 2001, Mike McCormick was among the first people not aboard American Airlines Flight 11 to learn that it had been hijacked. Then the head of air traffic control for the Federal Aviation ...