air-traffic-control

The FAA's top air-traffic-control official quit amid the controversy over controllers dozing on the job.

What's News: World-Wide 2011

Last Wednesday, more than a week after the internal FAA debate was disclosed at the Natca conference, Mr. Babbitt told a congressional committee that an air-traffic-control supervisor had been found napping during the midnight shift at the Knoxville, Tenn., airport.

Dogfight Over Catnaps in Air Tower Andy Pasztor 2011

So the administration proposed a $100 tax on each flight departure, including corporate jets and general-aviation aircraft that require federal air-traffic-control services, in a bid to more evenly spread out the burden of those costs.

Airlines Balk at Tax Proposal Susan Carey 2011

The Federal Aviation Administration's top air-traffic-control official resigned in the wake of more than two weeks of unrelenting public criticism and controversy over incidents of controllers falling asleep while on duty.

World Watch 2011

That includes interstate highways, rail lines linking Midwest farmers to West Coast ports, and equipment for planes to link up to a new satellite-based air-traffic-control network.

Plan for Highway Bank Faces Uphill Battle Josh Mitchell 2011

Officials also say that small private jets need to shoulder more of the burden of the air-traffic-control system.

Airlines Balk at Tax Proposal Susan Carey 2011

That's when controllers at the Orlando regional air-traffic-control facility asked the pilots of Southwest Flight 821 to perform some high-altitude surveillance.

Planes Too Close; Controller Cited Andy Pasztor 2011

Canada's national railway and air-traffic-control system were privatized.

How Spending Cuts—Not Higher Taxes—Saved Canada Fred Barnes 2011

Some of flights had to divert not because of the snow but because the Federal Aviation Administration's ground-based air-traffic-control systems at Kennedy and Newark encountered problems on Saturday, said the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the operator of those airports.

JetBlue Investigated for Tarmac Delay Susan Carey 2011

The Nasdaq situation has set off alarms within the government because of the exchange's critical role, which officials put right up with power companies and air-traffic-control operations, all part of the nation's basic infrastructure.

Nasdaq Acknowledges Security Breach Devlin Barrett 2011