FAA hiring 12,500 new air controllers
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The Federal Aviation Administration said today it will hire 12,500 new air traffic controllers over the next decade to offset a wave of looming retirements.
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ATA Airlines is laying off 156 employees. Company spokeswoman Erica Keane isn&#39;t commenting on reports that the Indianapolis-based ATA is trying to sell all or part of its holdings.
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Nearly two dozen illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday, accused of using fake security badges to work in critical areas of O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said.
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By MARTHA McKAY, STAFF WRITER  Comcast plans to hire more than 500 people in New Jersey by the end of the year to meet increased customer demand, the company said Friday.
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Fort Worth, Texas - American Airlines, the world&#39;s largest, has announced plans to lay off 1 100 pilots, mechanics and other ground staff in the months to come, with more cuts in the future, as it struggles to reduce costs amid falling revenue.
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IndyMac Bancorp said it had hired more than 600 former employees of the American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation and might hire 250 more.
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The US Air Force has awarded a $500m, six-year contract to Microsoft Corp and Dell Corp, to update and consolidate 38 software licenses across multiple sites on more than 525,000 machines.
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The Federal Aviation Administration hiring plan was designed as part of an effort to replace nearly three-quarters of the agency's workforce that will be eligible for retirement.
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The drive by the F.A.A. to cut the number of air traffic controllers nationally is one of several workplace changes that the controllers object to.
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Before stepping into the cockpit of a commercial jetliner for the first time, pilots have racked up hundreds of hours in the air, usually at the controls of small planes.
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ATA Airlines, which flies hundreds of thousands of Pleasant Holidays vacationers to Hawaii annually, has a new senior management position: chief restructuring officer.
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Pilots at ATA Holdings Corp. ATAHQ.PK  on Monday ratified a labor deal that cuts their pay by 20  percent and saves bankrupt ATA Airlines up to $12 million over  four months while it restructures.
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The nation&#39;s civil aviation watchdog vowed Monday to develop tighter controls to ensure safer flights. Safety supervision will top the administration&#39;s efforts next year as potentially
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FAA officials say new low-fare airline Independence Air has helped spike traffic at the airport, which now handles 600 to 800 more planes a day than it did last year.
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The U.S. government said on Tuesday  it planned to hire more than 12,000 air controllers over 10  years to address a wave of upcoming retirements, but the  controllers union said the strategy is unrealistic.
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Description: With a 75 percent of air traffic controllers slated to retire in the next decade, the FAA plans to hire 12,000 new ones.
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Retirements of veteran air traffic controllers have surged beyond government expectations since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day last year, new data shows.