NATCA Warns Of Coming Controller Retirements, Part Two
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 02.15.07 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.15.07 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Retiring Controllers Pose
Problem, Part Two: 02.15.07 (ANN Special Feature, wit
Says Agency Should Have Standard Staffing Policies
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is on a
mission: to educate the US airline traveling public about its
concerns with FAA management practices. As part of that process,
the association held a telephone press conference Tuesday to which
it invited ANN.
Airborne Early Warning is the detection of enemy air or
surface units by radar or other equipment carried in an airborne
vehicle, and the transmitting of a warning to friendly units.
"This new proposal will make flying more convenient for
millions of travelers. Anyone who has experienced the frustration
and inconvenience of a delayed flight should take a very close look
at what we’re proposing." -- DOT Secretary Mary
Peters
"[A] manufactured crisis based on flawed financial
assumptions about the viability of the current funding
system and the cost of the 'NextGen' air traffic control system."
-- AOPA President Phil Boyer
"Our proposal will make it easier for airports, airlines and
controllers to keep pace with the skyrocketing demand for air
travel this nation is going to experience over the coming decades."
-- FAA Administrator Marion Blakey
"We support the need to modernize, but listen to the weasel
words care
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