A new bill supports air traffic control recruitment and retention efforts and mental health services for controllers. Here's what we know.

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to budget constraints. Japan has also struggled in recent years to modernize government record systems that use floppy disks.

It’s hard to miss the blaring headlines: The United States’s air traffic control system is severely understaffed. While high-profile issues like the ones at Newark Airport in New Jersey have pushed the crisis into public view, industry insiders say the problem has been simmering out of sight for a very long time.

There is no instant fix of the troubles in the tower ahead of the busy summer travel season, according to interviews with experts and federal records.

A shortage of air traffic controllers is one factor into the rough stretch of delays and cancellations at Newark Airport.

The nation’s air traffic control system, responsible for ensuring the safe passage of nearly 3 million travelers a day, has long been overtaxed, understaffed and saddled with technology that looks like it was unearthed from a time capsule – creating scenarios that have consistently put flyers at risk, and on some occasions, led to lives being lost.

Austin airport's CEO warned the Federal Aviation Administration months ago about the "critical" staffing shortage at the air traffic control tower causing delays and reducing safety.

A Newark air traffic controller says he's not sure if he'll ever return to the job after several equipment failures caused some air traffic controllers to lose communication with pilots in late April and May.

CBS News New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas spoke to a Newark air traffic controller who says he's not sure if he'll ever return to the job. He and several of his colleagues took trauma leave after several equipment failures caused some air traffic controllers to lose communication with pilots in April and May.