Fatigue and burnout: Air traffic controllers expose stresses of workload inside Nashville tower

Fatigue and burnout: Air traffic controllers expose stresses of workload inside Nashville tower

Veteran air traffic controllers describe conditions inside Nashville’s towers as nearing “a breaking point”

ATC staffing issues force relaxation of fatigue rules for 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration has reached an agreement with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to slightly relax previously agreed-to fatigue rules that have increased the length of mandatory rest periods for controllers, an FAA spokesperson confirmed to The Air Current.  The post ATC staffing issues force relaxation of fatigue rules for 2026 appeared first on The Air Current.