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Contract-tower issue stalls FAA reauthorization

Although Congress passed a continuing resolution in late September that was to keep the FAA operating until October 31, the political firefight over contra

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

November 26, 2007

Although Congress passed a continuing resolution in late September that was to keep the FAA operating until October 31, the political firefight over contract ATC towers continued unabated at press time.

Originally, both the House and Senate versions of a $60 billion FAA funding bill contained provisions that prohibited any form of ATC privatization. But the Bush Administration was successful in getting the compromise version of the two bills to include a clause that would allow the FAA to contract 69 control towers to private companies instead of having them staffed by FAA controllers.

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