[MilCom] FAA plans to close 168 air-traffic towers April 1

[PERRY, AARON]

This is definitely not good...

Cool idea: Aviation enthusiasts put together make-shift ATC groups to help navigate airplanes at the airports that lose their ATC tower...


 

Best Regards,


//SIGNED//

AARON PERRY

Founder/Chief Executive Officer

Convective Solutions, LLC
Boston, Mass.


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 From: ric5 <ric5 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 3:23 PM
Subject: [MilCom] FAA plans to close 168 air-traffic towers April 1
 
FAA plans to close 168 air-traffic towers April 1
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said that sequestration will
not compromise safety. But the Federal Aviation Administration has released
a list indicating that it may close 46% of all air traffic control towers in
the U.S., leaving pilots to radio each other to declare their intentions.
"The safety impacts, they are obvious," said John Wiatrak, manager of St.
Lucie County International Airport in Fort Pierce, Fla. Bloomberg (3/1/13)

Ricky R Tharrington
KD4JRX ILM Skywarn EC
AAR4UK Army Mars



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