How the FAA's gaming pitch drew a record 12,350 applications in a single hiring window The United States Federal Aviation Administration has spent the better part of a decade wrestling with a chronic shortage of air traffic controllers. This month, it tried something unorthodox: it asked video gamers to step up. The response was overwhelming. On 17 April 2026, the FAA opened its annual hiring window for trainee air traffic controllers with a recruitment campaign built around

The Trump administration escalated its maritime pressure campaign against Tehran this week, with the Treasury Department rolling out fresh sanctions targeting the network behind Iran's "shadow fleet" kingpin Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, and U.S. Central Command reporting that its blockade of Iranian ports had turned away ten vessels since deployment. The moves came as the global shipping industry continued to absorb the logistical shockwaves of the Iran war, now stretching int

Washington's uneasy truce with the trucking industry frayed further this week, as lawmakers signaled fresh appetite for regulatory overhaul following a "60 Minutes" exposé that pulled back the curtain on the industry's most stubborn safety problem. The CBS segment spotlighted so-called "chameleon carriers," operations that routinely dissolve and re-register under new Department of Transportation numbers to evade enforcement. The 13-minute feature zeroed in on Super Ego, a spr

The U.S. aviation sector is entering a defining period — shaped by a multi-billion dollar infrastructure reckoning, a renewed focus on safety at the highest levels of government, and consolidation moves quietly redrawing the competitive map of American air travel. At the centre of it all is the Federal Aviation Administration's sweeping plan to modernise the country's ageing air traffic control network. The FAA is seeking more than $12 billion in Congressional funding for a f