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US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-21 | get Sony WH-1000XM5 noise cancelling headphones → | tags: fiber line cut, east coast airports, faa

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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday (futurism.com)

2026-09-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: faa, air traffic control, smart system

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FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: faa, smart system, air traffic control

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NATS publishes preliminary report on technical incident of 8 September (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: nats, air traffic control, flight data system

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Air traffic control assisted by AI could arrive as soon as next week (techspot.com)

2026-09-18 | by Daniel Sims | tags: smart system, air traffic control, faa

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The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875M worth of AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: faa, air traffic control, smart

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Airlines scramble after U.K. air traffic control system failure cancels 2,000 flights (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-09 | get Apple AirTag 4 pack → | tags: air traffic control, flight cancellations, united kingdom

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Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get hardside carry-on spinner luggage → | tags: gatwick airport, air traffic control, flight cancellations

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100s of flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Anker PowerCore portable charger → | tags: heathrow, british airways, flight cancellations

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Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Darryl Campbell | tags: elon musk, palantir, faa

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US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: faa, air traffic controllers, sean duffy

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Transportation Secretary Announces That the Air Traffic Controller Crisis Is History Now That He’s Hired Thousands of Epic Gamers (futurism.com)

2026-08-12 | by Frank Landymore | tags: air traffic controllers, sean duffy, epic games

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US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Megan | tags: federal aviation administration, sean duffy, new jersey airport

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The Transportation Department is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: transportation department, air traffic controllers, sean duffy

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Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: delta, wifi pineapple, air traffic control

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The FAA used Fortnite ads to recruit air traffic controllers, and just had its best hiring year yet (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Rob Thubron | tags: fortnite, faa, air traffic control

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Gamer recruitment drive results in ‘supercharged’ hiring campaign for new Air Traffic Controllers — 94% hiring goal hit in record time with $155,000 salary potential; ‘the strongest, sharpest workforce in aviation history’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Mark Tyson | tags: air traffic control, usdot, faa

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American Airlines Flights Resume After Being Grounded by System Outage (cnet.com)

2026-07-28 | by Steven Musil | tags: american airlines, faa, air traffic control

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United Airlines Flight To Spain Pulls U-Turn Over Bluetooth Device Name (slashdot.org)

2026-06-01 | get Bluetooth Signal Jammer → | tags: united airlines, bluetooth speaker, palma de mallorca

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United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name (theverge.com)

2026-05-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Bluetooth Speaker Name Tag → | tags: united airlines, bluetooth speaker, air traffic control

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America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools (futurism.com)

2026-04-26 | by Joe Wilkins | get Air Traffic Control Simulation Kit → | tags: air traffic management, palantir, thales sa

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FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-11 | by Jowi Morales | get Air Traffic Controller Simulator → | tags: faa, air traffic control, gaming

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To Fill Air Traffic Controller Shortage, FAA Turns To Gamers (slashdot.org)

2026-04-11 | get Air Traffic Control Simulator → | tags: faa, air traffic controller, gamers

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The FAA is encouraging gamers to get jobs in air traffic control (engadget.com)

2026-04-10 | get Air Traffic Control Simulator → | tags: faa, air traffic control, xbox one

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The Trump Administration Wants Gamers to Step Up and Fill the Air Traffic Controller Shortage (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-10 | get Air Traffic Control Simulator → | tags: trump administration, air traffic controller, gamers

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Now the FAA says gamers are the answer to its air traffic controller shortage (theverge.com)

2026-04-10 | by Jay Peters | get Air Traffic Controller Simulator → | tags: faa, air traffic controllers, gamers

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LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-24 | by Edward Helmore | get Pilot Safety Training Simulator → | tags: laguardia, nasa, runway crash

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18,000 Amtrak workers will get bonuses, thanks to executive cuts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-12 | get Amtrak stock → | tags: air traffic, bonus, bonuses

29.

Your Next Flight Might Be Directed From Space (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-11 | get Space Navigation System → | tags: air traffic, communication, communication pilots

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FAA gives $10,000 bonuses to controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during shutdown (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-21 | get Aviation Management System → | tags: administration announced, air traffic, announced