Air traffic control is a fast-paced job that requires a mathematics background. The required math knowledge includes geometry and calculus. Additionally, air traffic controllers must understand geography and weather conditions, engineering, computers,...

Air traffic controllers are people who operate the air traffic control system to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions. They apply separation rules to keep each aircraft apart from others in...

Brazil's airlines were trying to make up for lengthy flight delays Monday after its troubled air traffic control system failed over the weekend, stranding travelers just months after a breakdown that enraged thousands of passengers.A control center in Brasilia that monitors flights through the nation's...

A team led by defense company ITT Corp. on Thursday won a government contract worth up to $1.8 billion to build the first portion of a new satellite-based air traffic control system.The Federal Aviation Administration, which awarded the contract, said upgrading the system used to...

Air traffic controllers told Congress on Tuesday that poor maintenance of their aging work places has hampered and harmed them and could endanger the flying public.The Federal Aviation Administration, which employs the controllers, has not given priority to maintaining and preserving air traffic control facilities,...

Ron Carpenter and his fellow air traffic controllers were busy keeping more than 200 airplanes on course over seven states when their communication system crashed. Suddenly they couldn't talk to pilots or call for help."Somebody just pulled out a cell phone," Carpenter said. "Then everybody...