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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

FAA redirects air traffic controllers; NATCA files grievance

FAA redirects air traffic controllers; NATCA files grievance
Source: NY Times
The agency hopes that the change will cut costs and errors. But controllers say that they are working without breaks longer than rules allow and that their supervisors have lost the flexibility to assign rest periods based on how hectic a job has been. The controllers union has filed several grievances relating to the change, the latest result of an agency campaign to cut labor costs.

 



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