...threatens to jam up traffic in the nation's most heavily flown state, spokesmen for the controllers union said Tuesday. Rick Thompson, regional vice president for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said the Federal Aviation Administration...

...close call between two 747 cargo planes failed to operate. "It could have been a lot worse. We were lucky," said Rick Thompson, Alaska vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "The system is not properly operating...

...Arctic Wolves. For the past year, the Carrasco brothers have lived with their maternal grandparents, Laurie and Rick Thompson, in Lebanon, Ind. "My parents have always been our long-term care providers," Melanie said. "I have the two...

...workers willing to move to the 49th state. "To some extent, the FAA must be agreeing with us that staffing is bad," Rick Thompson, vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association in Alaska, said of the transfer offers. "For...