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AIN Blog: Senator Demands Answers on Controller Training

Sen. Claire McCaskill is the latest politician to take a poke at the FAA, this time over an $860 million contract to train new and current air traffic controllers. According to the Missouri Democrat, who is chairman of the Senate subcommittee on contracting oversight, the program will run out of money by August, more than one year before the contract is scheduled to end.

“Call me old-fashioned, but a company that overcharges and underperforms is a company that deserves a pink slip and not a contract extension and more taxpayer dollars,” said McCaskill, whose first six-year term is ending this year.