What to know about the air traffic controller shortage

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press The Trump administration is promising to fix the nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers after recent control tower mishaps and a string of crashes earlier this year. The need for more controllers who direct planes across increasingly crowded skies, though, isn’t a new issue or one that will be resolved quickly. How big is the shortage of controllers? The Federal Aviation Administration has about 14,000 air traffic controllers. More than 1,800 were h