Independent Firm Validates High Cost of Controller Compensation
- Cost of Protracted Contract Negotiations Approaches $2
Million
The FAA has announced that an international financial and
accounting services firm validated the agency’s calculation
that the average 2005 air traffic controller compensation package
exceeded $166,000.
Boeing announced Monday a new carbon-fiber brake option will be
available on the Next-Generation Boeing 737. The brakes will reduce
airframe weight, and lower operating costs for the advanced version
of Boeing's standard-bearer medium range airliner.
Team Charter Has Returned Past Curfew 10 Times In Past 1
1/2 Seasons
The San Jose Sharks hockey team is in trouble with their
hometown airport over curfew violations the team's charter airline
-- Sacramento, CA-based Sky King -- has incurred over the past
season and a half.
After years of delayed flights, outdated equipment and ground
controllers being unable to see certain parts of the runway at one
of the nation's busiest airports, New York's LaGuardia Airport will
soon be getting a new control tower.
The sad saga of Troy Rigby -- the man who jumped from a Continental
Airlines flight as it was waiting to takeoff from Fort Lauderdale
last Monday -- continues, as reports have surfaced
that Rigby suffered a 'massive' heart attack in prison Friday.
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