The ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said a vote Friday to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration will cut more than 70,000 jobs and hurt more than 100 airports nationwide - including airports in Beckley, Clarksburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg. Last year, the federal Essential Air Service, funded under the FAA bill, provided $6.4 million in subsidies to those four West Virginia airports. The bill passed by the House Friday eliminates the service, and would eliminate commercial flights at those airports.
A partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration over a partisan flap in Washington has affected airport projects in the Inland Empire and jeopardized jobs. The shutdown, caused by a standoff between Democratic and Republican lawmakers over additions to proposed FAA funding legislation, has affected federally funded construction in San Bernardino and Barstow. But Ontario airport officials stressed that safety has not been compromised.
A partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration over a partisan flap in Washington has affected airport projects in the Inland Empire and jeopardized jobs. The shutdown, caused by a standoff between Democratic and Republican lawmakers over additions to proposed FAA funding legislation, has affected federally funded construction in San Bernardino and Barstow. But Ontario airport officials stressed that safety has not been compromised.
The United States Needs a Cohesive National Airline Strategy That Includes Accelerated Deployment of NextGen WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The chief executive of the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, testified today before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), calling for investment in the nation's air traffic control system to create jobs, grow the economy and enable global competitiveness.
S. Senate leaders came to the correct conclusion Friday - rather belatedly - that it would not be in the best interests of the U.S. Treasury to give up $30 million a day in uncollected airline taxes. At least temporarily, the Federal Aviation Administration was restored to business as usual. About 74,000 jobs were reactivated, including some at Memphis International Airport.
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran issued this statement following the inaction by Congress to extend the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization bill to emphasize the negative impacts it will have on jobs and the economy of cities and the nation: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110125/MM36443LOGO)
A new air traffic control program aims to provide a direct flight to high-demand jobs. The Federal Aviation Administration selected Tulsa Community College to train future control tower personnel through an air traffic control degree program.
Thirty-five members of Congress urged the Federal Aviation Administration this week to avoid consolidating engineer jobs at nine locations, a move that would result in a loss of jobs in Hawthorne. About 130 engineers work at the FAA's Hawthorne office, which serves Los Angeles International Airport. Engineering jobs would also be lost at FAA offices in Chicago; New York; Kansas City, Mo.; Anchorage, Alaska; and Burlington, Mass.
jginsberg@wvgazette.com Twenty-one people in Elkins who provide weather briefings, flight planning and search and rescue support to general aviation pilots will lose their jobs, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday.
BANGOR - Local members of the air traffic controllers' union are outraged by what they see as the Federal Aviation Administration's lack of respect for their jobs, which they say has been demonstrated by the two groups' inability to reach contract agreements. Controllers at Bangor International Airport are concerned that many of their colleagues will retire if the FAA presents unsatisfactory contracts, leaving the airport understaffed.
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