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The fact that Harry Reid did not allow the Moran and Blunt amendments to be voted on for the continuing resolution seems to show that they want this to inflict as much pain as possible. If they close all these towers and cut all of the FAA employees' pay by 10%, for a 5% overall cut, it kind of seems like they are cutting less from somewhere else.
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Dellayed
From the article:
The Federal Aviation Administration, in an abrupt pause to a high-profile sequester cut, announced Friday that it would delay previously planned closures for 149 air traffic control towers at small airports. Read more: FAA delays closure of air traffic control towers | Fox News |
The FAA indicated that, while it still plans to stop funding the towers in June, some could continue to operate under funding from various airport authorities. The agency says about 50 airport operators and communities have indicated they may want to pay for operation of the towers themselves, and more time is needed to work out those details. |
Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
(Post 1385530)
Locally - the University of Oklahoma decided to fund the operation of KOUN (Westheimer).
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
(Post 1385530)
Locally - the University of Oklahoma decided to fund the operation of KOUN (Westheimer).
Originally Posted by Red Forman
(Post 1385534)
Last I heard about all the ones in Texas is that TexDot will cover 90% and the local county/city will cover 10%.
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Originally Posted by 11Fan
(Post 1385521)
From the article:
The Federal Aviation Administration, in an abrupt pause to a high-profile sequester cut, announced Friday that it would delay previously planned closures for 149 air traffic control towers at small airports. Read more: FAA delays closure of air traffic control towers | Fox News Yep. When Gov. Perry of Texas and TXDoT came out and said they would fund all the TX towers on the list, people began to ask how come TX had the $$ to do it, given that states like CA are broke and bleeding fiscal red. In a complete shocker:eek:, that's when the WH decided it didn't want to have that discussion, so orders to the FAA administrator were changed. /sarcasm |
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