Zombie Towers Live as Taxpayers Fund Flightless Skies
More than 100 U.S. airport towers and radar rooms have so few flights that they should be shut down late at night under the government’s own guidelines, a move that would save taxpayers $10 million a year.
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As government budget pressure intensifies, the urgency grows for the FAA to find ways to change its structure and save money, said Van Beek, now executive director of Leigh Fisher Management Consultants of Reston, Virginia.
“The FAA is going to have to become more efficient if it’s going to have enough resources to pay for the programs that are out there,” he said.
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