Just how much should the FAA spend to hire more controllers?
Senator Charles Schumer says $47.7 million more for FY2008 --
that's triple the amount the agency was to spend on recruitment for
the year.
"It's difficult to respond until we've heard directly
and in detail from the FAA."
Source: Illinois Department of Transportation
spokesman Mike Claffey. On Friday, backers of establishing a third
Chicago-area airport in Peotone, IL received an unanticipated
response to their submittal of two plans for the airport: the FAA
won't look at the proposals until proponents settle on one of those
plans.
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