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FAA Extends Tower Closure Date until June 15
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it will delay the closures of all 149 federal contract air traffic control towers until June 15. Last month, the FAA announced it would eliminate funding for these towers as part of the agency’s required $637 million budget cuts under sequestration. This additional time will allow the agency to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges to the closure decisions. (www.faa.gov) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
So, where did they find the money to keep the towers. Open another two months? I thought the FAA didn't have any?
Simple, the FED just cranked out the printing press?
simply amazin', ain't it.LOL
Sequestration? Does it really have to possibly compromise safety in the air? Closing of air traffic control towers? What is the matter with Congress and budgetary cuts..???? What does this mean for all the air traffic? Possibly flying blind? This would make me feel really comfortable and safe...NOT.....I fly frequently and this is beyond stupid....Does this mean that all the other towers would have to "double up" on air traffic flow? Maybe I am reading this wrong about the closures....but is the first thing that comes to mind.
They tried a meat axe approach rather than a scalpel. Took out the contract towers as a block as they were handy. Then they backed up and took a bunch of those off the original list. Now they have put off the implentation until June because of some lawsuits. There probably are some little used GA field type towers that could be closed but there is also commercial service into some non towered fields at present. There are procedures for pilots to follow for no towered airports.
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F.A.A. Delays Closings of Airport Towers Forced by Cuts
LEESBURG, Va. — The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it would delay closing control towers at 149 airports until June to allow for safety analyses and “to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/us/politics/faa-will-delay-closings-of-airport-towers-forced-by-sequestration.html?_r=0
F.A.A. Delays Closings of Airport Towers Forced by Cuts
LEESBURG, Va. — The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it would delay closing control towers at 149 airports until June to allow for safety analyses and “to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/us/politics/faa-will-delay-closings-of-airport-towers-forced-by-sequestration.html?_r=0