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Proposed FAA budget slashes agency funding

Last year, the Bush Administration unveiled its proposed “next generation air transportation system” and then cut the FAA’s facilities and equipment (F&E)

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

February 1, 2007

Last year, the Bush Administration unveiled its proposed “next generation air transportation system” and then cut the FAA’s facilities and equipment (F&E) budget request by nearly $400 million.

This year, after the FAA’s December announcement that it would begin hiring 1,250 new air traffic controllers annually to replace the thousands of controllers expected to retire over the next 10 years, the White House allotted $24.9 million to hire only 595 trainees in FY2006.

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