Air travelers are delayed WASHINGTON - Thousands of travelers flying to and from the East Coast were delayed Tuesday by the earthquake that shook airport terminals and forced the evacuation of air traffic control towers at some of the nation's busiest airports.
The federal government is investing nearly $1 million in safety improvements at El Monte Airport and Brackett Field in La Verne, Los Angeles County officials announced this week. Advanced weather monitoring systems will be installed at both airports, improving opportunities for weather forecasters to provide reports localized for the San Gabriel Valley and making it safer for planes to take off and land when air traffic control towers are closed.
... of air traffic control ("ATC") towers. In 1993, the FAA decided to privatize all 115 of ...
The talks that began in July 2005 were another story. While NATCA, the PATCO successor union, offered concessions on pay issues, the FAA refused to budge from its demand for steep pay cuts. The FAA imposed its contract on the controllers even as Congress prepared legislation compelling the parties to return to the bargaining table. (The House voted 271-148 to resume negotiations, eight votes short of the two-thirds needed to override a threatened [Bush] veto. Seventy-six Republicans defied the Bush administration by voting yea). Rep. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) said he was concerned that the new contract was part of an FAA plan to privatize and consolidate air traffic control towers. This would fit the FAA's eagerness during the Bush years to privatize its facilities. Last year, the agency turn...
A Florida jury awarded $25.2 million to the family of a pilot killed in a mid-air collision near Deerfield Beach almost three years ago. The family of Steve Ross, a Boca Raton chaplain, filed the wrongful-death suit against Robinson Aviation, a private contractor operating the Boca Raton and Pompano Beach control towers. The suit claimed that the company's air traffic controllers failed.
The federal government is debating whether to close nearly 50 air- traffic-control towers during the middle of the night to cut labor costs. Pilots still could land planes at airports with unmanned air- traffic-control towers, but airport executives and the union representing controllers think that the Federal Aviation Administration's proposal will jeopardize safety and want the agency to jettison the plan.
WASHINGTON, June 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Thursday, June 8, phone lines for the air traffic control tower flight data system at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, operated by Harris/ Raytheon, were offline for five hours, disrupting vital communications and highlighting the growing number of dangerous outages at facilities operated by private contractors, the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) said today. Hartsfield-Jackson is the first Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) tower in the country fully built and operated on the Harris/Raytheon network. Air traffic control towers at other airports continue to transition from MCI to Harris/Raytheon systems.
Wealth Builders Private business is increasingly driving governments out of programs that they are not managing effectively. A growing number of companies have been taking over municipal services, utilities, investment funds, and even schools and prisons. The trend may accelerate even further as the Republicans push for the privatization of all enterprises owned and controlled by the state, from printing shops to air traffic control towers. Privatizing inefficient government businesses makes good business sense because these organizations become leaner and more motivated in the hands of the private sector. However, investors who are planning to put their money in these companies should exercise caution. Before making any investment, they should examine the target company to determine i...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Three explosive devices detonated at the homes of aviation industry employees in western Colorado were similar to a device that exploded at a company's corporate office in Tennessee last month, authorities said Sunday. The devices went off Friday and two others were disarmed at the homes of a Federal Aviation Administration employee and workers at Serco Group Pcl., which operates 56 air traffic control towers. No one was hurt and damage was minor. An improvised explosive device was detonated on the roof of the Serco project management office in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Feb. 1, said Kenny Spann of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. No one was hurt.
..., foreign assistance, food for peace, arms control and disarmament, supervision of programs authorize..., personal property, and passenger traffic management. The directorate also develops logistic... FAA, which operates a network of airport towers, air route traffic control centers, and flight ser...
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