June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Air Traffic Control

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Decision Made On Air Traffic

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as th...

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FAA To Staff Towers Once Scheduled To Close Due To Cuts

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get ...

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Latest FAA Delay: A Typo

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

Read More: Flight Delays, Air Traffic Control, Air Traffic Delays, Faa Typo, Faa Bill Fix, Sequestration, Air Traffic Sequestration, Politics News

Legislation to avert furloughs at the Federal Aviation Administration has been held up because of a typo in the bill, ABC News and CNN report. The ...

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This FAA Sequester Vote Doesn't Smell Right

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.27.2013 | Business

Read More: Air Traffic Control, Faa Furloughs, Faa, Sequester Cuts, Airports, Travel, Airport Sequester Closures, Sequester, Sequestration Furloughs, Sequestration, Congress, Economy, 113th Congress, U.S. Economy, Business News

Is this bipartisan support to mitigate one of the noxious effects of sequestration? Or is it papering over the high-visibility stuff that affects the affluent while lots of other budget bleeding goes on beneath the radar?

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Sequestering the Sequester

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

Read More: Head Start Programs, US Congress, Sequester, Air Traffic Control, Political Cartoons, Sequester Air Travel, Politics News

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The Sequester: A Policy Triumph

Eli Lehrer | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

Read More: Fiscal Balance, Head Start, Farm Subsidies, Sequester, Air Traffic Delays, Air Traffic Control, Budget, Makin, Politics News

The sequester, of course, isn't ideal. There are almost certainly better ways to cut. Some cuts that haven't had any short-term consequences may do harm eventually. But, messy as it is, the sequester seems to be working.

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Lawmakers Urge Delay For Airport Furloughs

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — As airport delays spread across the country, members of Congress on Tuesday urged the administration to postpone the furloughing of...

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Obama Hits Wealthy On The Runway

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- For the most part, the super wealthy are not directly affected by cuts to government services. Private security guards, private schools ...

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Highways, Flyways and Personal Freedom

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.27.2013 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Debt, Control Towers, Commercial Aviation, Ike, Natioinal Highway System, Afghanistan, Iraq, Aviation, Sequestration, Air Traffic Control, General Aviation, Transportation, Obama Infrastructure, Politics News

Most Americans have long forgotten that the roads we all take for granted have a rich history that reverberates even today in the current budget debacle and fight over sequestration.

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Air Traffic Controller Furloughed Just One Week After Winning Safety Award

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- On March 6, Louella Hollingsworth was presented with the League Medal of Safety Award by the National Air Traffic Controllers Associatio...

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Small US Airports Face Tower Closures

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2013 | Travel

Read More: Air Traffic Controllers, Air Traffic Control, Air Travel, Travel News, Airports, Reuters, Travel News

By Anna Louie Sussman New York, March 18 (Reuters) - When landing a plane amid birds, bobcats or alligators, it helps to have an air t...

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Sequester Cuts Could Mean Travel Delays

Posted 02.21.2013 | Travel

Read More: Federal Aviation Administration, Video, Air Traffic Control, Sequester, Faa Furlough, Budget Cuts, Air Traffic Control Cuts, Travel News

Budget cuts set to come into effect March 1 if Congress can't reach a deal might mean trouble for travelers. The $85 billion "sequestration" cuts woul...

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Air Traffic Controllers To Blame For Near Crash

Reuters | Posted 10.06.2012 | Travel

Read More: Air Traffic Controllers, Video, Air Traffic Control, Faa Air Traffic Controllers, Reuters, Travel News

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Faulty instructions by air traffic controllers caused a near mid-air collision involving an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a ...

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Hacker Shows Air Traffic Control Danger With 'Ghost Planes'

Posted 09.26.2012 | Travel

Read More: Air Force One, Air Traffic Control, Faa, Travel News, Air Travel, Airlines, Hacking, Black Hat, Travel News

Andrei Costin, a Cypriad hacker, gave an unnerving demonstration outlining the weaknesses of air traffic control systems today at the Black Hat hackin...

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ATC Napped On Air Mattresses In The Tower, Left Duty Early

Bloomberg | Alan Levin | Posted 07.11.2012 | Travel

Read More: Air Traffic Control, Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers, Travel News

When midnight rolled around and flight traffic thinned out, air-traffic controllers guiding planes in the busiest U.S. corridor whipped out laptops to...

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FAA Whistleblowers Continue To Point Out Safety Problems

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 07.08.2012 | Travel

Read More: Faa, Air Safety, Air Traffic Control, Sleeping Air Traffic Controller, Travel News

WASHINGTON — In an unusual public rebuke, a government watchdog charged Tuesday that airline safety regulators have lagged in responding to urge...

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WATCH: Air Traffic Controllers Caught, Sleeping, Reading, Texting On The Job

Posted 02.24.2012 | Travel

Read More: Video, Air Traffic Control, Sleeping Air Traffic Control, Westchester County Airport, Travel News

It looks like guiding planes isn't keeping the air traffic controllers at New York's Westchester County Airport busy enough. Footage obtained by Fox 5...

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America's Not So Elite Sleepless

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 07.20.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Sleep-Machismo, Dr. Jim Metropoulos, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Wall Street Journal, Media, Mainstream Media, Air Traffic Control, Faa, Public Health, Tour Bus Crash, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News

Our puritanical culture celebrates surviving on the least sleep, sneers at those who appear to need more and sacrifices sleep -- a fundamental biological need -- in favor of all other activity.

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FAA: Controller's Error Nearly Caused Plane Crash At O'Hare

AP | Posted 07.19.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois, O'Hare, Air Traffic Control, Air Traffic Controller, Faa, O'hare Close Call, Chicago, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- The Federal Aviation Administration says an error by an air traffic controller caused a close call this week between two planes operating a...

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When Medical Residents Don't Get Enough Sleep

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.04.2011 | Home

Read More: Residency, Air Traffic Control, Healthy, Medical Errors, Medical Training, Katz, Work Hours, Acgme, Health, Dr. David Katz, Hospitals, News, Medicine, Health Care, Conditions, Atc, Home News

As a frequent flier, I wince at every story of an inattentive air traffic controller. A parallel dilemma related to the working hours of medical residents is playing out at lower altitudes.

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'I'm Only Sleeping': A Playlist for Our Air Traffic Controllers

David Wild | Posted 06.21.2011 | Entertainment

Rather than fire anybody like the Federal Aviation Administration, I thought I'd try to come up with an exhaustive playlist to help our overworked air traffic controllers stay awake on the job.

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How To Fight Fatigue When Working Overnight

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

While I believe that no one should be working a night shift by himself or herself, air traffic controllers, pilots and anyone with responsibilities late at night or after long days should also consider these tips.

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As The Government Cracks Down On Napping Air Traffic Controllers, A Former Controller (And Former Napper) Talks Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.19.2011 | Travel

Read More: Air Traffic Controllers, Bill Voss, Air Traffic Control, Faa, Air Traffic Controllers Napping, Air Traffic Controllers Sleeping, Airlines, Naps, Ray Lahood, Travel News

In the opening paragraphs of "Something's Got to Give," Darcy Frey's classic 1996 profile of air traffic controllers, a team of controllers sit in a d...

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