The air traffic controller was reportedly doing the job of two people that night, a situation indicative of an a controller shortage that has been going on for years. At the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, a program that trains new controllers is working to help fill that void but the pipeline of new talent can’t move fast enough.

Two U.S. senators on Wednesday called for increased funding and staffing for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control after a fatal crash. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Republican John Hoeven in a letter urged the FAA to work with Congress and the controllers' to increase funding for operations,

For the sake of America’s traveling public, we can and must do better. At a minimum, we must commit to doing all we can to reinforce our CPC workforce and keep