NEWSMAX: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it will delay its planned closure of control towers at 149 smaller airports until June 15 in order to resolve several legal challenges.
The closures, which were due to begin as early as Sunday, were one of the most visible signs of the broad “sequester” budget cuts that kicked in on March 1.
The FAA, which oversees the U.S. air traffic system, must trim roughly 10 percent of its budget by the end of the Sept. 30 fiscal year. As part of that effort, the agency announced last month that it would close air-traffic control towers at smaller airports across the country… (more)
